Table 2.

Antibiotic prescribing frequency for acute respiratory infections according to clinical diagnosis pre- and post-intervention, Minya, 2012

Diagnosis	Pre-intervention			Post-intervention
	Encounters reviewed	Encounters including antibiotic prescription		Encounters reviewed	Encounters including antibiotic prescription
	N	N	%	N	N	%
Pediatric
Ear infection	2	2	100.0	5	3	60.0
Tonsillitis	35	34	97.1	35	34	97.1
Pharyngitis	53	51	96.2	36	30	83.3
Sinusitis	7	6	85.7	14	14	100.0
Bronchitis	78	63	80.8	97	68	70.1
Common cold	43	23	53.5	143	54	37.8
Total pediatric	218	179	82.1	330	203	61.5
Adults
Ear infection	4	4	100.0	2	1	50.0
Tonsillitis	10	10	100.0	17	17	100.0
Pharyngitis	27	26	96.3	61	55	90.2
Sinusitis	10	8	80.0	10	10	100.0
Bronchitis	35	33	94.3	77	49	63.6
Common cold	27	17	63.0	110	56	50.9
Total adults	113	98	86.7	277	188	67.9
Grand total	331	277	83.7	607	391	64.4