A multicenter point-prevalence study: antimicrobial prescription frequencies in hospitalized patients in turkey

Table 1 Hospitalized, antimicrobial receiving patients and hospitalization reasons of antimicrobial prescribed patients in 18 centers.

	n	%
Hospitalized patients	9471	100
Antimicrobial receiving patients	2900	30.6
Hospitalization reason
Medical treatment	1231	42.5
Elective surgery	1147	39.6
Treatment of an infectious diseases	497	17.1
Emergent surgery	303	10.4
Other reasons	73	2.5

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