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Table 3 Mean relative change of Watch group Antibiotics

From: Estimating antibiotics consumption in a tertiary care hospital in Islamabad using a WHO’s defined daily dose methodology

Antibiotics

Route

DDD/100-BD per Year

Mean Relative Change (%)

(2017–2021)

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Azithromycin

IV

0.534

0.486

1.212

1.997

1.391

 

Relative Change

  

-8.994

127.240

274.224

160.768

138.310

Azithromycin

Oral

1.445

2.768

2.097

5.362

3.067

 

Relative Change

  

91.555

45.137

271.049

112.201

129.986

Cefaclor

Oral

0.134

0.062

0.029

0.009

0.013

 

Relative Change

  

-53.49

-78.424

-92.905

-90.139

-78.742

Cefepime

IV

0.157

0.167

0.188

0.204

0.186

 

Relative Change

  

6.360

19.703

29.690

18.407

18.540

Cefixime

Oral

6.013

6.378

7.560

4.497

2.559

 

Relative Change

  

6.080

25.724

-25.207

-57.441

-12.711

Cefoperazone

+ Sulbactam

IV

2.022

2.352

3.476

3.616

2.138

 

Relative Change

  

16.325

71.898

78.857

5.731

43.203

Cefotaxime Sodium

IV

0.301

0.331

0.183

0.123

0.091

 

Relative Change

  

10.064

-39.248

-59.276

-69.707

-39.542

Ceftazidime

IV

0.207

0.296

0.401

0.390

0.523

 

Relative Change

  

42.482

93.136

87.888

151.910

93.854

Ceftraxione Sodium

IV

24.93

23.152

18.685

17.568

16.368

 

Relative Change

  

-7.163

-25.077

-29.555

-34.368

-24.041

Cefuroxime Sodium

IV

1.617

2.041

2.412

1.904

1.660

 

Relative Change

  

26.206

49.112

17.743

2.668

23.932

Cefuroxime Sodium

Oral

0.049

0.031

0.021

0.008

0.017

 

Relative Change

  

-36.10

-56.008

-83.348

-63.960

-59.855

Ciprofloxacin

IV

0.713

0.765

0.625

0.722

0.592

 

Relative Change

  

7.266

-12.313

1.247

-16.970

-5.193

Ciprofloxacin

Oral

1.463

0.976

0.479

0.379

0.602

 

Relative Change

  

-33.28

-67.297

-74.113

-58.832

-58.381

Clarithromycin

Oral

0.229

0.424

0.302

0.186

0.173

 

Relative Change

  

85.394

31.973

-18.946

-24.289

18.533

Ertapenem

IV

0.469

1.072

1.211

1.418

0.900

 

Relative Change

  

128.66

158.361

202.507

91.949

145.370

Fosfomycin

Oral

0.038

0.238

0.255

0.207

0.351

 

Relative Change

  

531.59

576.48

448.934

829.064

596.519

Imipenem

+ Cilastatin

IV

0.140

0.124

3.187

3.015

2.168

 

Relative Change

  

-11.69

2177.6

2054.58

1449.65

1417.560

Levofloxacin

IV

1.133

1.413

1.460

1.422

1.749

 

Relative Change

  

24.681

28.840

25.467

54.318

33.326

Levofloxacin

Oral

2.596

2.207

1.557

1.631

1.467

 

Relative Change

  

-14.99

-40.036

-37.176

-43.492

-33.925

Meropenem

IV

13.33

14.268

11.503

16.014

15.828

 

Relative Change

  

7.010

-13.726

20.105

18.707

8.024

Moxifloxacin

IV

4.136

4.507

3.991

2.713

1.905

 

Relative Change

  

8.964

-3.520

-34.413

-53.943

-20.728

Moxifloxacin

Oral

2.159

2.405

1.315

1.443

3.129

 

Relative Change

  

11.378

-39.111

-33.169

44.931

-3.993

Minocycline*

Oral

0.016

   

1.772

 

Relative Change

     

10851.8

10851.87

Ofloxacin

Oral

0.045

0.008

0.002

0.002

0.002

 

Relative Change

  

-81.76

-94.842

-95.288

-95.790

-91.921

Piperacillin

+ Tazobactam

IV

10.97

8.501

6.513

8.554

6.632

 

Relative Change

  

-22.52

-40.648

-22.047

-39.556

-31.194

Streptomycin

IV

0.074

0.063

0.019

0.004

0.004

 

Relative Change

  

-14.82

-74.388

-95.274

-94.209

-69.673

Teicoplanin

IV

0.521

0.263

0.114

0.608

0.466

 

Relative Change

  

-49.45

-78.186

16.717

-10.563

-30.371

Vancomycin

IV

14.016

14.457

10.147

11.779

10.893

 

Relative Change

  

3.148

-27.602

-15.961

-22.280

-15.674