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Table 4 Consumption in DDD/100BD and DDD/patient by class of antibiotics for systemic use (ATC: J01) in the three clinical wards at TASH during the one-year study period (n = 1645)

From: Multiple challenges of antibiotic use in a large hospital in Ethiopia – a ward-specific study showing high rates of hospital-acquired infections and ineffective prophylaxis

Class of antibiotics

ATC Code

Antibiotic consumption

  

Internal Medicine

Gynecology/Obstetrics

Surgery

DDD/100BD

DDD/patient

DDD/100BD

DDD/Patient

DDD/100BD

DDD/patient

Third-generation cephalosporins

J01DD

33.1

9.1

10.6

1.7

38.5

5.8

Fluoroquinolones

J01MA

11.4

3.1

1.8

0.3

1.9

0.3

Imidazole derivatives

J01XD

11.3

3.1

7.2

1.1

16.3

2.5

Glycopeptides

J01XA

8.9

2.4

1.1

0.2

5.2

0.8

Sulfonamides and trimethoprim

J01EE

7.8

2.1

0.9

0.1

0.2

Macrolides

J01FA

5.5

1.5

3.4

0.5

0.3

0.1

Penicillins with extended spectrum

J01CA

4.1

1.1

16.3

2.6

1.5

0.2

Fourth-generation cephalosporins

J01DE

3.1

0.9

1.3

0.2

Penicillins plus beta-lactamase inhibitors

J01CR

2.0

0.5

0.5

0.1

1.0

0.2

Beta-lactamase-sensitive penicillins

J01 CE

1.6

0.4

0.7

0.1

 

Other aminoglycosides

J01GB

0.9

0.2

1.3

0.2

0.8

0.1

Lincosamides

J01FF

0.6

0.1

0.3

0.1

Beta-lactamase-resistant penicillins

J01CF

0.6

0.2

0.4

0.1

4.0

0.6

Tetracyclines

J01AA

0.3

0.1

2.3

0.4

Carbapenems

J01DH

0.2

First-generation cephalosporins

J01DB

0.2

0.1

1.1

0.2

0.2

Streptomycins

J01GA

0.1

 

Amphenicols

J01BA

0.1

0.1

Total

J01

91.8

24.8

47.6

7.6

71.6

10.9