Table 2.
Top list of antibacterial use.
| Pre-COVID Period | COVID-19 Period | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | ATC Code | Substance | DID 1 | % | Cum% 2 | ATC Code | Substance | DID 1 | % | Cum% 2 |
| 1. | J01CR02 | AMC 3 | 3.36 | 27.80 | 27.80 | J01CR02 | AMC 3 | 2.70 | 29.10 | 29.10 |
| 2. | J01DC02 | cefuroxime | 1.34 | 11.12 | 38.92 | J01FA10 | azithromycin | 1.41 | 15.14 | 44.24 |
| 3. | J01FA10 | azithromycin | 1.22 | 10.05 | 48.97 | J01DC02 | cefuroxime | 0.84 | 9.07 | 53.31 |
| 4. | J01MA12 | levofloxacin | 1.10 | 9.07 | 58.04 | J01AA02 | doxycycline | 0.78 | 8.35 | 61.66 |
| 5. | J01AA02 | doxycycline | 0.77 | 6.34 | 64.38 | J01MA12 | levofloxacin | 0.64 | 6.93 | 68.58 |
| 6. | J01FA09 | clarithromycin | 0.73 | 6.05 | 70.44 | J01FF01 | clindamycin | 0.47 | 5.04 | 73.63 |
| 7. | J01MA02 | ciprofloxacin | 0.66 | 5.46 | 75.89 | J01MA02 | ciprofloxacin | 0.46 | 5.00 | 78.62 |
| 8. | J01CA04 | amoxicillin | 0.61 | 5.01 | 80.91 | J01FA09 | clarithromycin | 0.46 | 4.97 | 83.59 |
| 9. | J01FF01 | clindamycin | 0.50 | 4.09 | 85.00 | J01EE01 | SMX-TMP 4 | 0.36 | 3.88 | 87.47 |
| 10. | J01EE01 | SMX-TMP 4 | 0.43 | 3.57 | 88.57 | J01CA04 | amoxicillin | 0.29 | 3.08 | 90.55 |
1 DID: DDD per 1000 inhabitants per day; 2 cum%: cumulative percentage; 3 AMC: amoxicillin and clavulanic acid; 4 SMX-TMP: sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim.