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Table 2 Combination of antibiotics used in empiric treatment of the participants

From: Laboratory confirmed puerperal sepsis in a national referral hospital in Tanzania: etiological agents and their susceptibility to commonly prescribed antibiotics

Antibiotics used

N (%)

Ceftriaxone + metronidazole

103 (52.3)

Ceftriaxone + metronidazole + gentamicin

30 (15.2)

Ampicillin + metronidazole

5 (2.5)

Meropenem+ metronidazole

59 (29.9)