Table 2.
Clinical diagnosis and medicine prescribed by gender of the study population.
| Diagnosis | Male n=165 (100%) |
Female n=174 (100%) |
Total n=339 (100%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis | |||
| Acute sinusitis | 15 (9.1) | 20 (11.5) | 35 (10.3) |
| Common cold infection | 15 (9.1) | 14 (8.1) | 29 (8.6) |
| Acute otitis media | 6 (3.6) | 4 (2.3) | 10 (2.9) |
| Laryngitis | 5 (3.1) | 1 (0.6) | 6 (1.8) |
| Acute bacterial rhinosinusitis | 40 (24.3) | 28 (16.1) | 68 (20.1) |
| Pharyngitis | 34 (20.6) | 43 (24.7) | 76 (22.7) |
| Tonsillitis | 30 (18.2) | 36 (20.7) | 66 (19.5) |
| Tonsillopharyngitis | 15 (9.1) | 21 (12.7) | 36 (10.6) |
| more than one diagnosis | 5 (3.1) | 7 (4.0) | 12 (3.5) |
| Antibiotic prescribed | |||
| Oral Penicillin | 57 (48.3) | 61 (51.7) | 118 (39.1) |
| Oral Cephalosporins | 42 (48.3) | 45 (51.7) | 87 (28.8) |
| Oral Macrolides | 42 (51.9) | 39 (48.1) | 81 (26.8) |
| Oral Fluoroquinolones | 8 (66.7) | 4 (33.3) | 12 (4.0) |
| Oral Co-trimoxazol | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 2 (0.7) |
| Oral Doxycycline | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 2 (0.7) |
| IM Penicillins | 11 (44.0) | 14 (56.0) | 25 (7.4) |
| IM Cephalosporins | 3 (25.0) | 9 (75.0) | 12 (3.5) |
IM: intramuscular