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Table 4 Most commonly prescribed antibiotics on non-COVID-19 and COVID-19 wards in Zambia, the number of patients with isolates resistant to them and how often they were prescribed as monotherapies. Resistance data taken from phenotypic ASTs

From: A pandemic within a pandemic? Admission to COVID-19 wards in hospitals is associated with increased prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in two African settings

Non-COVID-19 ward

COVID-19 ward

Antibiotic

Number of patients treated

Total no. patients with resistant isolates

No. times used as a monotherapy

Antibiotic

Number of patients treated

Total no. patients with resistant isolates

No. times used as a monotherapy

Ceftriaxone

18 (38%)

1 (2%)

18 (100%)

Ceftriaxone

26 (52%)

0 (0%)

26 (100%)

Metronidazole

6 (13%)

Not reported

6 (100%)

Cloxacillin

3 (6%)

1 (2%)

3 (100%)

Cloxacillin

5 (10%)

0 (0%)

5 (100%)

Gentamicin

2 (4%)

11 (22%)

2 (100%)

Gentamicin

4 (8%)

7 (15%)

4 (100%)

Cotrimoxazole

2 (4%)

7 (14%)

2 (100%)

Cotrimoxazole

2 (4%)

4 (8%)

2 (100%)

Levofloxacin

2 (4%)

0 (0%)

2 (100%)