Research Article
Retrospective Assessment of Antibiotics Prescribing at Public Primary Healthcare Facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Table 4
Common diagnosis for frequently prescribed antibiotics (as a single medicine) at health centers in Addis Ababa, January 1–December 31, 2016.
| Antibiotics and diagnosis | Frequency | Percent |
| Amoxicillin | | | URTI | 106 | 49.5 | Tonsillitis | 39 | 18.2 | Topical infections | 15 | 7.0 | Trauma | 12 | 5.6 | UTI | 10 | 4.7 | Amoxicillin + clavulanic acid | | | Pneumonia | 4 | 28.6 | Tonsillitis | 2 | 14.3 | URTI | 2 | 14.3 | Ciprofloxacin | | | Typhoid fever | 13 | 25.5 | Gastroenteritis | 13 | 25.5 | AFI | 8 | 15.7 | Diarrhea | 5 | 9.8 | Doxycycline | | | AFI | 13 | 50.0 | Typhoid fever | 8 | 30.8 | Bronchitis | 2 | 7.7 | Cotrimoxazole | | | Diarrhea | 15 | 29.4 | Gastroenteritis | 12 | 23.5 | UTI | 12 | 23.5 | Topical infections | 5 | 9.8 | Norfloxacin | | | UTI | 21 | 100 |
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