Table 1.

Most frequently prescribed prophylactic antimicrobials (2016–2020)

Systemic and topical antimicrobials	No.	%	Systemic antimicrobials only	No.	%
Cefalexin	1399	28.7	Cefalexin	1399	34.6
Methenamine hippurate	977	20.1	Methenamine hippurate	977	24.1
Clotrimazole	431	8.8	Doxycycline	332	8.2
Doxycycline	332	6.8	Trimethoprim	270	6.7
Trimethoprim	270	5.5	Nitrofurantoin	261	6.4
Nitrofurantoin	261	5.4	Amoxicillin	165	4.1
Amoxicillin	165	3.4	Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole	110	2.7
Chloramphenicol	162	3.3	Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid	82	2.0
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole	110	2.3	Ciprofloxacin	64	1.6
Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid	82	1.7	Clindamycin	43	1.1
Ciprofloxacin	70	1.4	Flucloxacillin	37	0.9
Mupirocin	48	1.0	Azithromycin	33	0.8
Clindamycin	46	0.9	Clarithromycin	24	0.6
Flucloxacillin	37	0.8	Erythromycin	23	0.6
Miconazole	36	0.7	Nystatin	23	0.6
Other (n = 48)	445	9.2	Other (n = 33)	204	5.0
Total	4871	100	Total	4047	100