Table 2.

Description of the most utilized antibiotics (drug utilization 90%) in inpatients and outpatients.

antibiotic group	DDDs/100 patient-days (IP)				DDDs/100 admissions (IP)				DDDs/100 outpatient visits
	Total	Med	O&G	Surg	Total	Med	O&G	Surg	Total	Med	O&G	Surg
Aminopenicillins	171.73	11.07	313.43	60.32	536.02	47.13	786.33	235.79	18.03	18.05	8.6	37.75
Aminopenicillin & enzyme inhibitor	19.95	39.6	3.55	31.82	62.27	168.62	8.91	124.36	20.23	25.27	5.17	37.41
3rd generation cephalosporins	76.94	47.15	117.54	29.28	240.16	200.78	294.89	114.44	17.43	20.45	15.23	13.4
Lincosamides	1.41	2.17	0.23	2.91	4.41	9.23	0.57	11.38	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.13
Tetracyclines	17.06	59.75	2.84	2.48	53.26	254.46	7.12	9.7	47.28	67.1	29.14	28.7
Imidazoles	23.61	22.74	13.94	42.67	73.68	96.86	34.98	166.78	16.84	15.14	15.79	23.87
Macrolides	4.99	7.54	5.43	1.7	15.59	32.13	13.62	6.66	7.36	9	7.06	3.32
Quinolones	11.57	30.42	1.66	12	36.13	129.54	4.15	46.91	25.24	31.26	19.57	19.92
Co-trimoxazole	2.04	2.71	0.56	4.18	6.36	11.53	1.4	16.33	1.01	1.06	0.55	1.84
Aminoglycosides	9.44	9.55	4.09	19.41	29.46	40.67	10.26	75.89	0.3	0.31	0.09	0.69

DDDs, defined daily doses; IP, inpatients; Med, Medicine; O&G, Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Surg, Surgery.