Table 2: Indications of broad-spectrum antibiotics.

Indication Frequency Percentage
Hospital acquired pneumonia 126 33.0
Ventilator associated pneumonia 52 13.6
Skin and soft tissues infection 23 6.0
Catheter related blood stream infection 57 14.9
Urosepsis 17 4.5
Bone and joint infection 3 0.8
Neutropenic sepsis 19 5.0
Community acquired pneumonia 2 0.5
Melioidosis 11 2.9
Pyelonephritis 5 1.3
Central nervous system infection (brain abscess) 4 1.0
Clostridium difficile infection 3 0.8
Intraabdominal sepsis 34 8.9
Retropharyngeal abscess 1 0.3
Necrotizing fasciitis 4 1.0
Central nervous system infection (Meningitis) 9 2.4
Parapharyngeal abscess 1 0.3
Peritonitis 2 0.5
Empyema 7 1.8
Second line anti TB 1 0.3
Infective endocarditis 1 0.3
Total 382 100