Table 5.

Description of alternative ciprofloxacin prescriptions

			Alternative cipro prescription n (%)
With bacteriological finding			28 (58.3)
	P. aeruginosa		6
		Cystic fibrosis pulmonary infection	3
		Site of infection for with P. aeruginosa without CF#	3
		Oral cipro	6
	E. coli		6
	CNS ¶		5
	K. pneumoniae		3
	MRSA £		2
	S. marcescens		2
	Others *		4
		Oral cipro	9
		Intravenous cipro	13
		Site of infection for non P. aeruginosa$	22
Alternative by another active antibiotic			28
Without bacteriological finding			20 (41.7)
Alternative by another antibiotic			20
	Site of infection for non bacteriologically documented infection &		17
	Empiric therapy for fever with current neutropenia		3
		Intravenous cipro	13
		Oral cipro	7
Total			48 (100)

CNS = coagulase negative Staphylococcus, MRSA = Methicillin-resistant S. aureus.

¶ 5 CNSs were isolated from hemocultures, of which 2 had endocarditis, 1 catheter related bloodstream infection.

# 2 urinary infection and 1 operative site infection with P. aeruginosa.

£ One child with CF had MRSA pulmonary infection.

* E. cloacae, H. influenzae, M. catarrhalis, K. oxytoca, each.

$ 8 pulmonary, 3 urinary, 3 intra-abdominal, 2 bloodstream, 3 operative site infection and 1 endocarditis, catheter related infection, osteomyelitis each.

& 5 pulmonary, 3 meningitis, 2 mediastinitis, 2 BCGitis and intra-abdominal infection, endocarditis, post-trauma ocular infection, osteomyelitis, urinary each.