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. 2013 Jul 2;4(1):e2. doi: 10.4081/jphia.2013.e2

Table 2.

Body systems affected when antibiotics were prescribed in hospital wards.

Body system Inpatient medical Inpatient surgical Outpatient
Respiratory tract 43.7 3.4 47.3
Gastrointestinal tract/abdominal cavity 14.2 3.4 7.4
Genitourinary tract infections 11.6 6.8 15.5
Skin and soft tissue 4.2 63.2 16.0
Bones 0.5 4.3 0.1
Central nervous system 2.6 2.6 0
Blood 1.1 0 0
Pyrexia (no specific site) 1.6 0 1.2
Non-infectious conditions 20.5 16.2 12.6

Data are percent in each hospital ward, based on no. of patients from Table 1. Each column adds to 100 within rounding error.