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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 24.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Infect Dis. 2018 Jun 28;74:24–28. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.06.014

Table 2.

Distribution of antibiotics taken by the patients in the last 30 days before the hospital visit.

Number % Age (years)
Mean Range

Antibiotic use in last 30 days
    Yes 89 84.8 35.1 (3–86)
    No 16 15.2 37.9 (13–61)
Antibiotic class Generic name
Unreported antibiotic 16 15.2 37.9 (13–61)
Penicillins
Amoxicillin 31 29.5 36.8 (5–86)
Nitroimidazoles Ampicillin 2 1.9 34.5 (29–40)
Cephalosporins Metronidazole 20 19.1 31.4 (3–58)
Cephalosporin 10 9.5 31.5 (19–60)
Cephalexin 1 1 35
Fluoroquinolones Ceftriaxone 9 8.6 34.3 (17–61)
Ciprofloxacin 6 5.7 31.8 (18–42)
Macrolides Levofloxacin 2 1.9 56.5 (56–57)
Sulfonamides Azithromycin 4 3.8 31 (22–39)
Glycopeptides TMP–SMX 2 1.9 45.5 (43–48)
Vancomycin 1 1 71

TMP–SMX, trimethroprim–sulfamethoxazole.