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. 2021 Nov 24;36(1):307. doi: 10.4102/sajid.v36i1.307

TABLE 1-A3.

Consumption of most frequently used agents.

Most used antibiotics Indication
Prophylaxis (95% CI) Empiric (95% CI) Targeted (95% CI)
DDD per 1000 patient days in the baseline stage
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid 28.14 (21.66–34.63) 170.69 (147.14–194.24) 28.26 (19.21–37.31)
Piperacillin/tazobactam - 147.57 (61.86–233.29) 22.91 (15.07–30.74)
Fluconazole 52.08 83.14 (49.14–117.15) -
Metronidazole 0.15 19.46 (7.35–31.57) 3.87 (1.73–6.00)
Cefazolin 7.99 (6.75–9.24) - -
DDD per 100 0 patient days in the ASP stage
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid 12.41 (8.45–16.38) 107.05 (89.76–124.33) 14.05 (7.12–20.98)
Piperacillin/tazobactam - 90.16 (79.30–100.93) 27.68 (21.54–33.83)
Fluconazole 12.13 (9.32–14.93) 79.53 (47.52–111.54) 23.54 (2.49–44.58)
Ertapenem - 5.35 (3.58–7.11) 21.04 (13.97–28.11)
Cefazolin 11.06 (6.25–15.87) - -

ASP, antibiotic stewardship programmes; CI, confidence interval, DDD, defined daily doses.