Antimicrobial stewardship: knowledge, perceptions, and factors associated with antibiotics misuse among consumer’s visiting the community pharmacies in a Nigeria Southwestern State

Table 5 Antibiotic utilization among consumers and associated medical conditions for the use in the last 12 months

	Variables	Frequency	Percentage
Antibiotics used by consumers in the last 12 months (n = 740)^a
The antibiotics	Amoxicillin	216	42.4
	Ampicillin	103	20.2
	Ciprofloxacin	99	19.4
	Tetracycline	75	14.7
	Metronidazole	70	13.8
	Amoxicillin + clavulanate	42	8.3
	Erythromycin	39	7.7
	Doxycycline	39	7.7
	Chloramphenicol	35	6.9
	Azithromycin	5	1.0
	Co-trimoxazole	3	0.6
	Cefuroxime	3	0.6
	Gentamicin	2	0.4
	Cephalexin	2	0.4
	Ofloxacin	2	0.4
	Streptomycin	2	0.4
	Nitrofurantoin	1	0.2
	Ciprofloxacin + tinidazole	1	0.2
	Levofloxacin	1	0.2
Medical conditions for antibiotic usage by consumers in the last 12 months (n = 569)^a
Medical conditions	Malaria	198	38.9
	Cold and catarrh	101	19.8
	Sore throat	94	18.5
	Fever/headache	77	15.1
	Cough	69	13.6
	Urinary tract infection	76	14.9
	Diarrhoea	50	9.8
	Skin infection	44	8.6
	GIT infection	40	7.9
	Ulcer	30	5.9
	STDs	21	4.1
	Ear infection	3	0.6
	Dental infection	2	0.4

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