Table 4 Top 10 antibiotics prescribed by the primary care doctors
From: Use of antibiotics by primary care doctors in Hong Kong
Antibiotics* | Number of patients prescribed the antibiotics | Percentage of patients prescribed the antibiotics |
|---|---|---|
Aminopenicillins†| 153 | 16.5% |
BLBLIs‡ | 130 | 14.0% |
Clarithromycin | 68 | 7.3% |
Chloramphenicol | 57 | 6.2% |
Cefuroxime | 40 | 4.3% |
Metronidazole | 39 | 4.2% |
Erthromycin | 37 | 4.0% |
Levofloxacin | 37 | 4.0% |
Azithromycin | 36 | 3.9% |
Ampicillin plus cloxacillin | 35 | 3.8% |