Table 3.

Types of antibiotic classes used for treatment of skin and soft tissue infections between 1996 and 2008 in individuals aged less than 15 years^a

Yr	No. of prescriptions per 1,000 population per day
	Overall (J01)	Tetracyclines (J01A)	Penicillins (J01C)	Cephalosporins (J01D)	Sulfonamides-trimethoprim (J01E)	Macrolides (J01FA)	Clindamycin (J01FF)
1996	0.05164	0.00036	0.02682	0.01661	0.00146	0.00604	0.00016
1997	0.05399	0.00032	0.02582	0.02008	0.00150	0.00584	0.00028
1998	0.05193	0.00040	0.02365	0.02090	0.00126	0.00529	0.00027
1999	0.04949	0.00041	0.02042	0.02229	0.00104	0.00487	0.00030
2000	0.04899	0.00032	0.01887	0.02352	0.00094	0.00473	0.00042
2001	0.05086	0.00028	0.01850	0.02567	0.00099	0.00473	0.00051
2002	0.05189	0.00032	0.01872	0.02672	0.00087	0.00451	0.00058
2003	0.05219	0.00040	0.01781	0.02748	0.00094	0.00478	0.00060
2004	0.05487	0.00031	0.01785	0.02985	0.00102	0.00491	0.00076
2005	0.05629	0.00030	0.01777	0.03177	0.00107	0.00436	0.00081
2006	0.05597	0.00031	0.01625	0.03248	0.00144	0.00422	0.00107
2007	0.05631	0.00037	0.01480	0.03362	0.00248	0.00381	0.00106
2008	0.05401	0.00036	0.01425	0.03196	0.00304	0.00323	0.00108

^aPercent changes from 1996 to 2008 were 4.6% overall (J01), 0.5% for tetracyclines (J01A), −46.9% for penicillins (J01C), 92.4% for cephalosporins (J01D), 108.7% for sulfonamides-trimethoprim (J01E), −46.6% for macrolides (J01FA), and 556.5% for clindamycin (J01FF).