Table. Antimicrobial usage in children admitted to Harare Central Hospital.

Antimicrobial drug	DOT (total DOT = 1024)#	DOT/ 100PD (total PD= 659)	Proportion of patients treated with antimicrobial N (%)*	Age
				<1 year N (%)*	1-5 years N (%)*	≥5 years N (%)*
Benzylpenicillin	279	42.3	68 (56.2)	39 (72.2)	24 (54.6)	5 (21.7)
Gentamicin	253	38.4	63 (52.1)	36 (66.7)	24 (54.6)	3 (13.0)
Ceftriaxone	281	42.6	60 (49.6)	22 (40.7)	17 (38.6)	21 (91.3)
Amoxicillin	35	5.3	13 (10.7)	6 (11.1)	6 (13.6)	1 (4.4)
Ciprofloxacin	110	16.7	26 (21.5)	3 (5.6)	14 (31.8)	9 (39.1)
Metronidazole	6	0.9	3 (2.5)	0	0	3 (13.0)
Erythromycin	16	2.4	2 (1.7)	1 (1.9)	1 (2.3)	0
Cloxacillin	41	6.2	7 (5.8)	2 (3.7)	3 (6.8)5 (21.7)	2 (8.7)

^*Total number of children receiving at least one antimicrobial drug (n = 121) and 54, 44 and 23 children aged <1 year, between 1 and 5 years and ≥5 years respectively. For one child age was missing.

^#3 DOT were from other antimicrobial drugs not listed in the table DOT: days of therapy; PD: patient days.