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Table 1 Frequency of prescribed antibiotics

From: Prescription antibiotics for outpatients in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional health survey conducted in three cities

 

TNP ( N = 900)

IP (%)

AVP (%)

SD

95% CI

Group of antibiotics with ATC code

JES (n = 300)

MAPR (n = 300)

KEPR (n = 300)

JES

MAPR

KEPR

Cephalosporins (J01D)

94

89

103

31.33

29.67

34.33

31.78

1.93

31.56 to 32

Quinolones (J01M)

85

44

18

28.33

14.67

6.00

16.33

9.19

15.28 to 17.34

Macrolides (J01F)

25

98

123

8.33

32.67

41.00

27.33

13.86

25.75 to 28.90

Aminoglycosides (J01G)

5

3

4

1.67

1.00

1.33

1.33

0.27

1.29 to 1.36

Penicillins (J01C)

36

17

11

12.00

5.67

3.67

7.11

3.55

6.71 to 7.51

Antituberculers (J04A)

20

2

1

6.67

0.67

0.33

2.56

2.91

2.23 to 2.89

Tetracyclins (J01A)

6

4

8

2.00

1.33

2.67

2.00

0.54

1.94 to 2.06

Metronidazoles (J01XD01)

13

27

21

4.33

9.00

7.00

6.78

1.91

6.56 to 6.99

Antifungals

6

11

8

2.00

3.67

2.67

2.78

0.68

2.70 to 2.86

Other antibiotics (J01X)

10

5

3

3.33

1.67

1.00

2.00

0.98

1.89 to 2.11

  1. Here, JES=Jessore Sadar, MAPR=Manirampur, KEPR=Keshabpur, TNP=Total Number of Prescriptions, IP=Individual Percentage, AVP=Average Percentage, SD=Standard Deviation calculated by MS Office Excel-2007, 95% CI= Confidence Interval calculated by modified Wald method at 95% Confidence level.