Clinical Study
Trends of Empiric Antibiotic Usage in a Secondary Care Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
Table 2
Diagnosis and antibiotics prescribed at the time of discharge.
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Serial number |
Diagnosis on discharge |
Total number of cases at discharge | Antibiotics prescribed on discharge | Cefixime
(%) | Ceftriaxone
(%) | Amoxicillin
(%) | Amox + Clav Acid
(%) | Nalidixic acid
(%) | Ciprofloxacin
(%) | Misc.
(%) |
| | 1 | Acute gastroenteritis | 22 | 15 (68.2) | 3 (13.6) | — | — | 2 (9.1) | 2 (9.1) | — | | 2 | Pneumonia | 22 | 6 (27.3) | 4 (18.2) | 6 (27.2) | 5 (22.7) | — | 1 (4.6) | — | | 3 | Enteric fever | 22 | 10 (45.5) | 10 (45.5) | 1 (4.5) | — | — | — | 1 (4.5) | | 4 | URTI | 10 | 1 (10) | — | 7 (70) | 2 (20) | — | — | — | | 5 | Febrile seizures | 8 | 3 (37.5) | 3 (37.5) | 2 (25) | — | — | — | — | | 6 | Urinary tract infection | 6 | 5 (83.3) | — | — |
— | — | 1 (16.7) | — | | 7 | Bronchiolitis | 8 | 3 (37.5) | — | 3 (37.5) | 1 (12.5) | — | — | 1 (12.5) | | 8 | Meningitis | 4 | — | 4 (100) | — | — | — | — | — | | 9 | RAD/Asthma | 2 | — | — | — | 2 (100) | — | — | — | | 10 | Others | 10 | 4 (40) | 3 (20) | 2 (20) | — | — | — | 1 (10) |
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