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. 2022 Feb 21;106(4):1156–1162. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-1037

Table 5 .

Antibiotics and antimotility prescription patterns by clinic type at military facilities

Travel medicine specialty clinic Non-specialty clinic Travel medicine vs. non-specialty clinic, OR (95% Cl)
Antibiotic prescriptions, n (%) 3,855 (44.1%) 4,890 (55.9%) 3.4 (3.2–3.5)
Azithromycin 2,783 (72.2) 3,130 (64.0) 1.5 (1.3–1.6)
Quinolone 1,044 (27.1) 1,711 (35.0) 0.7 (0.6–0.8)
Rifaximin 28 (< 1) 49 (1.0) 0.7 (0.4–1.1)
Antimotility prescriptions, n (%) 7,012 (40.6%) 10,263 (59.4%) 3.3 (3.2–3.4)
Loperamide 6,854 (97.7) 10,057 (98.0) 0.9 (0.7–1.1)
Diphenoxylate-atropine 158 (2.3) 206 (2.0) 1.1 (0.9–1.4)