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Table 1 Patient Demographics by indication for prolonged antibiotic therapy

From: Surveillance of life-long antibiotics: a review of antibiotic prescribing practices in an Australian Healthcare Network

Indication (number)

Age

Gender

Infectious diseases

Median (SD)

Male (%)

Consultation (%)

Splenectomy (5)

26 (21)

3 (60)

1 (20)

PJP prophylaxis (69)

16 (25.1)

35 (55)

9 (14)

Prosthetic device infection (25)

77 (9.6)

13 (52)

23 (92)

Vascular graft infection (6)

81.5 (7.5)

3 (50)

5 (83)

Osteomyelitis/septic arthritis (6)

65.5 (3.7)

4 (67)

4 (67)

Implantable cardiac device (6)

65 (19.4)

3 (60)

3 (50)

  1. PJP, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia; SD, standard deviation