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Table 1 The occurance rate of different diseases in in-patient children’s wards in 2014–2016

From: Antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP): an effective implementing technique for the therapy efficiency of meropenem and vancomycin antibiotics in Iranian pediatric patients

Disease typea

Considered time period

2014–2015 (non-ASP)

2015–2016 (with ASP)

Frequency (n)

Percent (%)

Frequency (n)

Percent (%)

Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)

–

–

3

4.41

Acute gastroenteritis (AGE)

1

1.49

3

4.41

Left Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)

1

1.49

–

–

Bronchiolitis

2

2.98

–

–

Cerebral palsy (CP)

2

2.98

3

4.41

Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) tumor

2

2.98

–

–

Meningitis

2

2.98

7

10.29

Obstruction

2

2.98

2

2.94

Rheumatic fever (RF)

2

2.98

–

–

Tracheoesophageal (TE) fistula

2

2.98

–

–

Urosepsis

2

2.98

1

1.47

Posterior urethral valves (PUV)

3

4.47

–

–

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

4

5.97

3

4.41

Esophageal atresia (EA)

4

5.97

1

1.47

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)

5

7.46

–

–

Pneumonia

7

10.44

9

13.23

Sepsis

14

20.89

16

23.53

Others

12

17.91

20

29.41

  1. aThe total number of children’s diseases in time periods of 2014–2015 and 2015–2016 was 67 and 68, respectively