Table 3.
Antibiotic prescription against specific diagnosis.
| Diagnosis | Cases prescribed with antibiotic (N) | Types of prescribed antibiotics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin + clavulanate | Amoxicillin | Clarithromycin | Azithromycin | Erythromycin | Cefixime | ||
| Non-specific URTI | 1,648 | 579 (35.1) | 160 (9.7) | 77 (4.7) | 108 (6.6) | 4 (0.2) | 246 (14.9) |
| Cough | 693 | 156 (22.5) | 39 (5.6) | 124 (17.9) | 26 (3.8) | 8 (1.2) | 32 (4.6) |
| Sore throat | 406 | 207 (51.0) | 16 (3.9) | 18 (4.4) | 6 (1.5) | 0 | 19 (4.7) |
| Rhinitis | 491 | 80 (16.3) | 22 (4.5) | 12 (2.4) | 16 (3.3) | 0 | 59 (12.0) |
| Pharyngitis | 472 | 166 (35.2) | 13 (2.8) | 58 (12.3) | 25 (5.3) | 5 (1.1) | 51 (10.8) |
| Tonsillitis | 157 | 70 (44.6) | 2 (1.3) | 11 (7.0) | 7 (4.5) | 1 (0.6) | 19 (12.1) |
| Otitis media | 79 | 28 (35.4) | 0 | 5 (6.3) | 0 | 0 | 14 (17.7) |
| Sinusitis | 149 | 33 (2.1) | 4 (2.7) | 6 (4.0) | 6 (4.0) | 0 | 13 (8.7) |
| Nasopharyngitis | 31 | 4 (13.3) | 4 (13.3) | 0 | 4 (13.3) | 0 | 6 (20.0) |
| Non-specific URTI | 1,648 | 23 (1.4) | 3 (0.2) | 3 (0.2) | 69 (4.2) | 5 (0.3) | 7 (0.4) |
| Cough | 693 | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.3) | 6 (0.9) | 45 (6.5) | 17 (2.5) | 8 (1.2) |
| Sore throat | 406 | 0 | 2 (0.5) | 0 | 12 (3.0) | 0 | 0 |
| Rhinitis | 491 | 4 (0.8) | 2 (0.4) | 0 | 12 (2.4) | 5 (1.0) | 4 (0.8) |
| Pharyngitis | 472 | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.4) | 57 (5.7) | 5 (1.1) | 0 |
| Tonsillitis | 157 | 3 (1.9) | 2 (1.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (3.8) |
| Otitis media | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3.8) | 6 (7.6) |
| Sinusitis | 149 | 0 | 0 | 9 (6.0) | 18 (12.1) | 5 (3.4) | 0 |
| Nasopharyngitis | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (6.7) | 0 | 0 |