Table 3. Prescription antimicrobials purchased by customers at retail pharmacies with a prescription or following professional advice in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, by antimicrobial agents (n=619).
| Group | Name | n | Percentage of customers who purchased
prescription antimicrobials |
P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With a formal prescription |
Following guidance of a medical professional but without a formal prescription |
Customer’s own initiative and without the guidance of amedical professional |
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| At least one prescription antimicrobial medicine | 297 | 19.5 | 43.1 | 37.4 | ||
| Nonprescription antimicrobial medicine | 322 | 14.3 | 39.4 | 46.3 | ||
| Antimicrobial medicine | ||||||
| Penicillins | Amoxicillin | 91 | 16.5 | 43.9 | 39.6 | 0.292 |
| Ampicillin | 76 | 21.1 | 32.8 | 46.1 | 0.450 | |
| Benzylpenicillin | 9 | 11.1 | 33.3 | 55.6 | 0.604 | |
| Phenoxymethylpenicillin | 4 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 0.845 | |
| Oxacillin | 2 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.009 | |
| Cephalosporins | Cefazolin | 12 | 41.7 | 58.3 | 0.0 | <0.001 |
| Ceftriaxone | 2 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.720 | |
| Cephalexin | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Aminoglycosides | Gentamicin | 11 | 18.2 | 54.5 | 27.3 | 0.293 |
| Tetracyclines | Doxycycline | 9 | 55.6 | 33.3 | 11.1 | 0.002 |
| Macrolides | Erythromycin | 10 | 40.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 0.069 |
| Clarithromycin | 1 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.653 | |
| Others | Chloramphenicol | 23 | 4.3 | 39.2 | 56.5 | 0.184 |
| Synthetic antibacterial medicines | ||||||
| Sulfonamide | Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim | 22 | 27.3 | 31.8 | 40.9 | 0.247 |
| Quinolones | Ciprofloxacin | 11 | 9.1 | 81.8 | 9.1 | 0.139 |
| Others | Metronidazole | 26 | 19.2 | 57.7 | 23.1 | 0.052 |
P values were calculated using the chi-squire test for trend. The comparison group was customers who did not buy antimicrobial medicine.