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Table 3 Antibiotics prescribed among hospitalized patients disaggregated based on ward specialty

From: Antibiotic use among hospitalized patients in northern Nigeria: a multicenter point-prevalence survey

Antibiotic

Pediatric medical

Neonatal

Medical

Surgical

OBG

Pediatric surgical

Total

Metronidazole

8 (13.6)

0 (0.0)

33 (28.9)

25 (29.4)

12 (13.5)

21 (36.8)

99 (30.5)

Ciprofloxacin

3 (5.1)

0 (0.0)

21 (18.4)

18 (21.2)

7 (7.9)

6 (10.5)

55 (17.1)

Ceftriaxone

17 (28.8)

2 (4.4)

18 (15.8)

12 (14.1)

4 (4.5)

1 (1.8)

54 (16.8)

Amoxicillin-clavulanate

0 (0.0)

1 (2.2)

14 (12.3)

13 (15.3)

11 (12.4)

1 (1.8)

40 (12.5)

Gentamicin

10 (16.9)

18 (40.0)

2 (1.8)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.1)

7 (12.3)

38 (11.8)

Tinidazole

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (1.8)

3 (3.5)

23 (25.8)

0 (0.0)

28 (8.7)

Cefixime

2 (3.4)

0 (0.0)

2 (1.8)

0 (0.0)

18 (20.2)

0 (0.0)

22 (6.9)

Amoxicillin

3 (5.1)

0 (0.0)

2 (1.8)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.1)

12 (21.1)

18 (5.6)

Cefuroxime

3 (5.1)

3 (6.7)

1 (0.9)

3 (3.5)

3 (3.4)

4 (7.0)

17 (5.3)

Clindamycin

0 (0.0)

1 (2.2)

4 (3.5)

7 (8.2)

1 (1.1)

1 (1.8)

14 (4.4)

Ampicillin-cloxacillin

4 (6.8)

4 (8.9)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.2)

2 (2.2)

0 (0.0)

11 (3.4)

Ceftazidime

0 (0.0)

7 (15.6)

2 (1.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

9 (2.8)

Crystalline penicillin

4 (6.8)

2 (4.4)

1 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.8)

8 (2.5)

Ampicillin-sulbactam

0 (0.0)

7 (15.6)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

7 (2.2)

Azithromycin

1 (1.7)

0 (0.0)

5 (4.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

6 (1.9)

Levofloxacin

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (1.8)

2 (2.4)

0 (0.0)

2 (3.5)

6 (1.9)

Cotrimoxazole

1 (1.7)

0 (0.0)

2 (1.8)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

4 (1.2)

Doxycycline

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

4 (4.5)

0 (0.0)

4 (1.2)

Chloramphenicol

2 (3.4)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (0.9)

Erythromycin

1 (1.7)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.6)

Ampicillin-floxacillin

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

Secnidazole

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

Meropenem

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.8)

1 (0.3)

Nitrofurantoin

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.2)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

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