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Table 3 Indications (therapy, prophylaxis) and combinations of antibiotics used in the four types of pediatric wards

From: Analysis of antibiotic treatment of children in a Shanghai tertiary hospital based on point prevalence surveys

Indications

Number of Participants

(n = 2541)

General pediatric medical wards

(n = 985)

Pediatric surgical wards

(n = 771)

PICU

(n = 168)

Neonatal wards

(n = 617)

Prophylaxis

594 (23.4)

23 (2.3)

525 (68.1)

7 (4.2)

39 (6.3)

Single

427 (71.9)

20 (87.0)

366 (69.7)

6 (85.7)

35 (89.7)

Two antibiotics combination

161 (27.1)

1 (4.3)

156 (29.7)

1 (14.3)

3 (7.7)

Three antibiotics combination

6 (1.0)

2 (8.7)

3 (0.6)

0

1 (2.6)

Therapy

1893 (74.5)

960 (97.5)

214 (27.8)

156 (92.8)

563 (91.2)

Single

1215 (64.2)

667 (69.5)

78 (36.4)

78 (50.0)

392 (69.6)

Two antibiotics combination

607 (32.1)

257 (26.8)

124 (57.9)

63 (40.4)

163 (29.0)

Three antibiotics combination

71 (3.7)

36 (3.7)

12 (5.6)

15 (9.6)

8 (1.4)

Prophylaxis + Therapy

54 (2.1)

2 (0.2)

32 (4.1)

5 (3.0)

15 (2.4)

Single

27 (50.0)

0

14 (43.8)

0

13 (86.7)

Two antibiotics combination

20 (37.0)

0

18 (56.2)

1 (20.0)

1 (6.7)

Three antibiotics combination

 7 (13.0)

 2 (100.0)

 0

 4 (80.0)

 1 (6.7)