Volume 27, Number 5—May 2021
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Prescribing Antimicrobial Drugs for Acute Gastroenteritis, Primary Care, Australia, 2013–2018
Wen-Qiang He
, Martyn D. Kirk, John Hall, and Bette Liu
, Martyn D. Kirk, John Hall, and Bette Liu
Table 2
Classes of antimicrobial drugs prescribed for cases of acute gastroenteritis, nontyphoidal Salmonella infection, and Campylobacter infection, Australia, 2013–2018
| Case type, drug class | No. prescriptions | Proportion of total prescriptions, % |
|---|---|---|
| Acute gastroenteritis, 7,159 cases | ||
| Nitroimidazoles | 2980 | 41.6 |
| Quinolones | 1059 | 14.8 |
| Penicillins | 901 | 12.6 |
| Macrolides | 799 | 11.1 |
| Cephalosporins | 561 | 7.8 |
| Sulfonamides and trimethoprim | 445 | 6.2 |
| Tetracyclines | 295 | 4.1 |
| Amphenicols |
109 |
1.5 |
| Nontyphoidal Salmonella infection, 418 cases | ||
| Quinolones | 127 | 30.4 |
| Macrolides | 105 | 25.1 |
| Penicillins | 88 | 21.0 |
| Sulfonamides and trimethoprim | 59 | 14.1 |
| Nitroimidazoles | 21 | 5.0 |
| Cephalosporins | 13 | 3.1 |
| Tetracyclines | 4 | 1.0 |
| Amphenicols |
1 |
0.2 |
| Campylobacter infection, 1,165 cases | ||
| Macrolides | 826 | 70.9 |
| Quinolones | 243 | 20.9 |
| Nitroimidazoles | 58 | 5.0 |
| Tetracyclines | 12 | 1.0 |
| Penicillins | 10 | 0.9 |
| Cephalosporins | 8 | 0.7 |
| Sulfonamides and trimethoprim | 5 | 0.4 |
| Amphenicols | 3 | 0.3 |
*Ten prescriptions for acute gastroenteritis are not shown: 7 for nitrofurantoin, 2 for tobramycin and 1 for methenamine.
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