Assessment of Antibiotic Utilization Pattern in Treatment of Acute Diarrhoea Diseases in Bishoftu General Hospital, Oromia Ethiopia

Table 2

Antibiotics prescribed for acute diarrhoea patients at Bishoftu General Hospital, Bishoftu town, from January 2015 to December 2015.

Variables		Frequency	Percentage
Class of antibiotics	Antibiotics
Floroqunilones	Ciprofloxacillin	33	11
Pencillins	Amoxicillin	14	5
Tetracycline	Doxycycline	1	0.3
Aminoglycoside	Gentamycin	1	0.3
Cephalosporins	Ceftriaxone	3	1
	Cephalexin	3	1
Others	Cotrimoxazole	178	59
	Metronidazole	6	2
Combinations	Metronidazole + Cotrimoxazole	3	1
	Metronidazole + Ciprofloxacillin	8	3
	Cotrimoxazole + Amoxacillin	6	2
	Ciprofloxacillin + Doxycycline	5	2
	Metronidazole + Ciprofloxacillin + Cotrimoxazole	2	1
Total		263	87