Table 5 List of prescribed prophylactic antibiotics per antibiotic class
From: Antimicrobial prophylaxis outside the operating theatre, an audit in a university hospital
| Â | Number of prescriptions (% of total) | Medical prophylaxis | Medical interventional prophylaxis | Surgical prophylaxis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole | 71 (32.3%) | 59 | 3 | 9 |
First generation cephalosporins | 48 (21.8%) | 3 | 7 | 38 |
Fluoroquinolones | 45 (20.4%) | 42 | 2 | 1 |
Small spectrum penicillins | 19 (8.6%) | 15 | 3 | 1 |
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid | 9 (4.1%) | 7 | 1 | 1 |
Third generation cephalosporins | 5 (2.3%) | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Broad spectrum penicillins | 4 (1.8%) | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Colistine | 4 (1.8%) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Macrolides | 3 (1.4%) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Aminoglycosides | 3 (1.4%) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Metronidazole | 2 (0.9%) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Clindamycin | 2 (0.9%) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Nitrofurantoine | 2 (0.9%) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Meropenem | 1 (0.4%) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Second generation cephalosporins | 1 (0.5%) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Trimethoprim | 1 (0.5%) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 220 (100%) | 141 | 22 | 57 |