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 |