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Table 5 Antibiotics prescribed for patients with UTI in Dilchora hospital, Diredawa, 2021

From: Antibiotics prescribing practice among patients with urinary tract infection at outpatient department, the case of Dilchora referral hospital, Eastern Ethiopia: an institutional retrospective cross-sectional study

Parameter

Category

Frequency

Percentage

Fluoroquinolones

Ciprofloxacin 500 mg tab

380

74.95%

Norfloxacin 400 mg tab

127

25.05%

Penicillin

Amox-Clav 625 mg tab

95

60.90%

Amoxicillin 500 mg caps

61

39.10%

Cephalosporin

Cephalexin 500 mg caps

56

7.30%

Sulfonamides

Co-trimoxazole 960 mg tab

48

6.26%