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Table 6 Description of unjustified ciprofloxacin prescriptions

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

   

Unjustified cipro prescription n (%)

With bacteriological finding

10 (37.0)

 

P. aeruginosa

4

  

Intravenous cipro

4

  

Site of infection for P. aeruginosa#

4

 

Multiply susceptible E. coli

1

 

ESBL producing E. coli

1

 

CNS

 

4

  

Intravenous cipro

1

  

Oral cipro

5

  

Site for non-P. aeruginosa infections$

 

Unjustified by antibiogram results

6

Unjustified by intravenous cipro in susceptible P. aeruginosa infection

4

Without bacteriological finding

17 (63.0)

 

Site of non bacteriologically-documented infection

12

  

Pulmonary

7

  

Abdominal

2

  

Catheter related infection

1

  

Operative site infection

1

  

Prophylaxis

1

 

Empiric therapy for fever

5

  

Neutropenia

1

  

Immunocompromised but without Neutropenia

4

Unjustified by clinical situation

17

Total

  

27 (100)

  1. # 2 pulmonary and 2 catheter related infection.
  2. $ 2 pulmonary, 2 urinary and intra-abdominal, mediastinitis each.