Table 2.
Indication for antibiotics and types of infections
| Variable | n (%) | |
| Indication of antibiotics among 1191 indications | Healthcare-associated infections | 480 (40.3) |
| Community-acquired infection | 403 (33.8) | |
| Surgical prophylaxis | 218 (18.3) | |
| Medical prophylaxis | 86 (7.2) | |
| Unknown | 4 (0.3) | |
| Types of infection among the 887 patients | Pneumonia | 254 (28.6) |
| Clinical sepsis | 158 (17.8) | |
| Central nervous system infection | 118 (13.3) | |
| Cellulitis, wound, deep soft tissue infection; not related to surgery | 61 (6.9) | |
| Symptomatic upper urinary tract infection | 59 (6.7) | |
| Gastrointestinal infection | 43 (4.8) | |
| Surgical site infection involving skin or soft tissue but not bone | 39 (4.4) | |
| Intra-abdominal infection | 35 (3.9) | |
| Gynaecological infection | 30 (3.4) | |
| Cardiovascular infection | 19 (2.1) | |
| Others* | 71 (8.0) |
*Others: Febrile neutropenia, sexually transmitted infection, infection of ear, nose and throat, cystic fibrosis, symptomatic lower urinary tract infection, acute bronchitis and exacerbation of asthma, septic arthritis of surgical site, prostatitis, systemic inflammatory response with no clear anatomical site, completely undefined site.