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Table 4 Mean relative change of Reserve 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

Colistimethate Sodium*

IV

0.22

3.145

4.014

4.613

5.018

 

Relative Change

  

1322.647

1715.794

1986.672

2169.7

1798.708

Fosfomycin

IV

0.475

0.376

0.496

0.596

0.344

 

Relative Change

  

-20.861

4.437

25.508

-27.71

-4.657

Linezolid

IV

1.34

1.9100

1.930

1.88

2.140

 

Relative Change

  

3.607

-4.454

40.391

-94.96

46.713

Linezolid

Oral

0.802

0.967

0.921

1.173

1.366

 

Relative Change

  

20.546

14.833

46.249

70.285

37.978

Tigecycline

IV

0.550

0.458

0.514

0.513

0.322

 

Relative Change

  

-16.796

-6.473

-6.731

-41.53

-17.884