Table 1 Characteristics of antimicrobial prescriptions

Number of prescriptions

364

199

157

720

 Antibiotics (%)

276 (75.8)

159 (79.9)

134 (85.4)

569 (79)

 Antimycotics (%)

15 (4.1)

12 (6.0)

7 (4.5)

34 (4.7)

 Antimycobacterials (%)

9 (2.5)

3 (1.5)

3 (1.9)

15 (2.1)

 Antivirals (%)

38 (10.4)

12 (6)

4 (2.5)

54 (7.5)

 Antiprotozoals (%)

20 (5.5)

5 (2.5)

2 (1.3)

27 (3.8)

 Antihelmintics (%)

5 (1.4)

2 (1)

–

7 (1)

 Other^a (%)

1 (0.3)

6 (3)

7 (4.5)

14 (1.9)

Indication for therapy (% of total prescriptions)

266 (73.1)

157 (78.9)

124 (79)

547 (76)

 Skin and soft tissue (%)

65 (24.4)

50 (31.8)

29 (23.4)

144 (26.3)

 Urogenital tract (%)

41 (15.4)

29 (18.5)

38 (30.6)

108 (19.7)

 Respiratory tract (%)

41 (15.4)

38 (24.2)

19 (15.3)

98 (17.9)

 Gastro-intestinal tract (%)

37 (13.9)

10 (6.4)

13 (10.5)

60 (11)

 Ear-nose-throat (%)

26 (9.8)

9 (5.7)

10 (8.1)

45 (8.2)

 Oral-maxillofacial (%)

7 (2.6)

10 (6.4)

15 (12.1)

32 (5.9)

 Ophthalmology (%)

16 (6)

6 (3.8)

–

22 (4)

 Other^b (%)

33 (12.4)

5 (3.2)

–

38 (6.9)

Indication for prophylaxis (% of total prescriptions)

98 (26.9)

42 (21.1)

33 (21)

173 (24)

 Medical prophylaxis (%)

85 (86.7)

34 (81)

15 (45.5)

134 (77.5)

 Surgical/intervention prophylaxis (%)

13 (13.3)

8 (19)

18 (54.5)

39 (22.5)