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Table 2 The total number of antibiotic prescriptions for studied pediatric patients

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

Time period

None

MPM

VMN

Both (MPM + VMN)

2014–2015 (without ASP)

–

7 (10.44%)a

24 (35.82%)a

36 (53.73%)a

2015–2016 (with ASP)

60 (88.23%)

1 (1.47%)b

3 (4.41%)b

4 (5.88%)b

  1. Values in the same columns followed by different letters (a, b) are significantly different
  2. Values inside and outside the parentheses respectively represent frequency (n, out of 67–68) and percent (%) of antibiotic prescriptions for the patient’s children