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Table 4 Top 10 prescribed antibiotic classes in primary healthcare institutions in Beijing, 2018

From: Antibiotic use and irrational antibiotic prescriptions in 66 primary healthcare institutions in Beijing City, China, 2015–2018

ATC Code

Antibiotic class

Antibiotic Rx in 2018, n (%)

Ranking in 2015

CHC

n = 455

CHS

n = 2159

All

n = 2614

J01DC

Second-generation cephalosporins

144 (38.2)

1029 (52.0)

1173 (49.8)

1

J01MA

Fluoroquinolones

104 (27.6)

316 (16.0)

420 (17.8)

3

J01FA

Macrolides

56 (14.9)

296 (15.0)

352 (14.9)

2

J01CR

Penicillin plus β -lactamaseinhibitors

19 (5.0)

124 (6.3)

143 (6.1)

4

J01DD

Third-generation cephalosporins

30 (8.0)

70 (3.5)

100 (4.2)

10

J01XD

Imidazoles

14 (3.7)

71 (3.6)

85 (3.6)

5

J01DB

First-generation cephalosporins

0 (0.0)

62 (3.1)

62 (2.6)

6

J01XX01

Fosfomycin

6 (1.6)

8 (0.4)

14 (0.6)

9

J01JB

Aminoglycosides

2 (0.5)

3 (0.2)

5 (0.2)

7

J01FF

Lincosamides

2 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.1)

7

  1. Abbreviations: CHCs community healthcare centres, CHSs community healthcare stations