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Table 4 Description of mandatory ciprofloxacin prescriptions

From: Current ciprofloxacin usage in children hospitalized in a referral hospital in Paris

  

Mandatory cipro prescription n (%)

With bacteriological finding

23 (100)

 

P. aeruginosa

23

With cystic fibrosis

17

Type of infection

 
 

Community-acquired

1

 

Healthcare associated

13

 

Nosocomially-acquired

9

Justified by

  
 

Only cipro susceptible

12

 

Cipro per os

11

Site of infection

  
 

Pulmonary

19 (82.6)

 

Bone

2

 

Skin

1

 

Cerebral

1

Total

 

23 (100)