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. 2017 Dec 15;114(50):851–857. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2017.0851

eTable 2. The most commonly used classes of antibiotics for treatment and prophylaxis (comparison 2016 versus 2011).

2016 2011
Class of
antibiotics
Total number of antibiotic
treatments
(%)*
Prophylaxis non-
surgical indication
(%)
Prophylaxis
perioperative
(%)
Treatment
of CI (%)
Treatment of
NI (%)
Total number of antibiotic
treatments
(%)*
Prophylaxis
non-surgical
indication (%)
Prophylaxis
perioperative
(%)
Treatment
of CI (%)
Treatment
of NI (%)
PeniciBLI 5119 (23.2) 167 (3.3) 390 (7,6) 3 304 (64.5) 989 (19.3) 1773 (12.6) 128 (7.2) 274 (15.5) 866 (48.8) 438 (24.7)
Cephalo2 2856 (12.9) 91 (3.2) 1366 (47,8) 1048 (36.7) 233 (8.2) 2054 (14.6) 115 (5.6) 953 (46.4) 686 (33.4) 234 (11.4)
Fluoro‧chinolones 2494 (11.3) 188 (7.5) 224 (9,0) 1355 (54.3) 591 (23.7) 1971 (14.0) 233 (11.8) 231 (11.7) 899 (45.6) 513 (26.0)
Cephalo3 1971 (8.9) 128 (6.5) 168 (8,5) 1290 (65.4) 252 (12.8) 1498 (10.6) 99 (6.6) 177 (11.8) 838 (55.9) 313 (20.9)
Carbapenems 1369 (6.2) 57 (4.2) 41 (3,0) 686 (50.1) 509 (37.2) 825 (5.9) 46 (5.6) 32 (3.9) 377 (45.7) 350 (42.4)
Imidazole
derivates
1138 (5.2) 40 (3.5) 268 (23,6) 622 (54.7) 150 (13.2) 741 (5.3) 46 (6.2) 210 (28.3) 335 (45.2) 118 (15.9)
Macrolides 833 (3.8) 39 (4.7) 10 (1.2) 622 (74.7) 71 (8.5) 545 (3.9) 29 (5.3) 15 (2.8) 356 (65.3) 89 (16.3)
Lincosamides 699 (3.2) 29 (4.1) 103 (14.7) 414 (59.2) 116 (16.6) 477 (3.4) 23 (4.8) 96 (20.1) 239 (50.1) 104 (21.8)
PeniciES 682 (3.1) 83 (12.2) 60 (8.8) 427 (62.6) 67 (9.8) 765 (5.4) 89 (11.6) 115 (15.0) 368 (48.1) 142 (18.6)
GlykopAB 653 (3.0) 23 (3.5) 31 (4.7) 277 (42.4) 286 (43.8) 410 (2.9) 24 (5.9) 18 (4.4) 132 (32.2) 228 (55.6)
Other 4 272 (19.3) 667 (15.6) 617 (14.4) 1658 (38.8) 1147 (26.8) 3017 (21.4) 523 (17.3) 535 (17.7) 1047 (34.7) 809 (26.8)

All absolute values refer to the number of antibiotic treatments. CI, community-acquired infection; NI, nosocomial infections; PeniBLI, combinations of penicillins with β-lactamase inhibitors; Cephalo2, second-generation cephalosporins; Cephalo3, third-generation cephalosporins; PeniciES, penicillins with extended spectrum; GlykopAB, glycopeptide antibiotics

* Referring to the total number of the mentioned classes of antibiotics of the calendar year; all other percentage values refer to the respective class of antibiotics.