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Description of Antibiotic Prescriptions
| Characteristic | |
|---|---|
| Antibiotics prescribed, n | 9,373 courses |
| Incidence of antibiotic prescriptions, mean per 1,000 patient-days | 7.3 courses |
| Residents exposed to at least 1 course antibiotics, % | 66 |
| Mean, duration of antibiotics, d (range) | 9 (1 to 365) |
| Indications, % | |
| Lower respiratory tract infection | 36 |
| Urinary infection | 33 |
| Skin and soft tissue infection | 13 |
| Miscellaneous other infections | 9 |
| Prophylaxis | 5 |
| Fever with no known focus | 2 |
