Table 3 Antibiotic use profiling
From: Evaluating antimicrobial prescribing in a Tertiary Healthcare Institution in Nigeria
Antibiotic class and Number of times prescribed (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | Amino-penicillin | Cephalosporin | Nitroimidazoles | Fluoroquinolones | Sulphonamide | Macrolide | Penicillin | Tetracycline | Lincosamides |
No specific age | 17 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
16–20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
21–25 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
26–30 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
31–35 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36–40 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
41–45 | 32 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
46–50 | 40 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
51–55 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
56–60 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
61–65 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
66–70 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
71–75 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
76–80 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
81–85 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
86–90 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total (617) | 230 | 57 | 111 | 106 | 6 | 82 | 4 | 19 | 2 |