| Patients | Any antibiotic | Number of antibiotics used | Category of antibiotics used | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 +  | Quinolones | Cephalosporins | Penicillins | Others | |||
Diagnosis | |||||||||
  -Respiratory tract infection | 326 (30.5) | 296 (90.8) | 179 (54.9) | 92 (28.2) | 24 (7.4) | 112 (34.4) | 92 (28.2) | 141 (43.3) | 22 (6.7) |
  -Bronchitis/tracheitis | 249 (23.3) | 234 (94.0) | 109 (43.8) | 101 (40.6) | 23 (9.2) | 106 (42.6) | 82 (32.9) | 109 (43.8) | 7 (2.8) |
  -Pharyngitis | 119 (11.1) | 104 (87.4) | 84 (70.6) | 15 (12.6) | 4 (3.4) | 17 (14.3) | 20 (16.8) | 54 (45.4) | 10 (8.4) |
  -Common cold | 85 (8.0) | 69 (81.2) | 57 (67.1) | 7 (8.2) | 5 (5.9) | 12 (14.1) | 50 (58.8) | 11 (12.9) | 5 (5.9) |
  -Pneumonia/bronchopneumonia | 48 (4.5) | 44 (91.7) | 22 (45.8) | 16 (33.3) | 6 (12.5) | 16 (33.3) | 25 (52.1) | 17 (35.4) | 2 (4.2) |
  -Tonsillitis | 44 (4.1) | 41 (93.2) | 19 (43.2) | 15 (34.1) | 7 (15.9) | 18 (40.9) | 17 (38.6) | 18 (40.9) | 1 (2.3) |
  -COPD | 29 (2.7) | 26 (89.7) | 4 (13.8) | 15 (51.7) | 7 (24.1) | 20 (69.0) | 7 (24.1) | 17 (58.6) | 0 (0.0) |
  -Others | 24 (2.2) | 15 (62.5) | 11 (45.8) | 4 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (16.7) | 7 (29.2) | 5 (20.8) | 1 (4.2) |
  -Diagnosis not given | 144 (13.5) | 109 (75.7) | 71 (49.3) | 31 (21.5) | 7 (4.9) | 30 (20.8) | 59 (41.0) | 32 (22.2) | 15 (10.4) |
P | Â | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.015 |
Total | 1068 (100) | 938 (87.8) | 556 (52.1) | 296 (27.7) | 86 (8.1) | 335 (31.4) | 359 (33.6) | 404 (37.8) | 63 (5.9) |