Antibiotic Utilization Trends in Two State Hospitals of Mongolia from 2013 to 2017

Table 4

The seven most frequently used antibiotics in two state hospitals of Mongolia, expressed as DDD/100 bed days (2013–2017).

ATC5 name/ DDD 100 bed days	2013		2014		2015		2016		2017
	State second hospital	State third hospital	State second hospital	State third hospital	State second hospital	State third hospital	State second hospital	State third hospital	State second hospital	State third hospital
Amoxicillin	2.8	27.4	3.5	2.6	1.4	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	18.2
Cefazolin	16.6	27.1	14.7	2.1	9.9	0.6	7.1	1.8	0.0	18.1
Cefotaxime	5.9	1.5	6.7	0.0	5.0	0.1	8.4	0.4	0.0	6.6
Ceftriaxone	5.2	2.5	5.2	0.6	3.9	0.0	5.5	1.0	0.0	9.0
Ciprofloxacin	2.9	13.5	1.8	0.8	1.4	0.7	1.4	2.2	0.0	15.2
Clarithromycin	6.5	12.9	7.9	1.0	4.8	0.4	3.8	0.8	0.0	24.3
Nitroxoline	0.6	87.1	0.7	7.0	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	28.3
Total	40.5 (84.7%)	172.2 (83.9%)	40.4 (79.9%)	14.1 (72.7%)	26.8 (77.1%)	3.1 (8.4%)	27.6 (77.7%)	6.3 (22.5%)	0.1 (78.2%)	119.8 (86.3%)