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. 2018 Jul 27;19:46. doi: 10.1186/s40360-018-0237-y

Table 9.

Duration of Prescription of Antibiotics

Antibiotic Meets recommended duration of treatment Under recommended duration of treatment Over recommended duration of treatment Total
All antibiotics prescribed that have a recommendation of 7–10 days of treatment 388 (88.79%) 24 (5.49%) 25 (5.72%) 437
Azithromycin
(Recommendation of 5 days of treatment)
23 (46.94%) 25 (51.02%) 1 (2.04%) 49
Penicillin G Benzathine
(Recommendation of one single dose)
37 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 37
Total 448 (85.66%) 49 (9.37%) 26 (4.97%) 523