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Table 3.

Appropriateness by antimicrobial class and five most frequent indications

	Appropriate	Inappropriate	Total	Percentage appropriate
Antibiotic class
first-generation cephalosporin	342	244	586	58
carbapenem	103	69	172	60
macrolide	161	72	233	69
nitroimidazole	171	69	240	71
fluoroquinolone	80	27	107	75
third-generation cephalosporin	494	137	631	78
penicillin	1368	375	1743	78
lincosamide	90	21	111	81
other agents^a	167	37	204	82
glycopeptide	164	26	190	86
aminoglycoside	470	65	535	88
trimethoprim/cotrimoxazole	315	24	339	93
antifungal	695	45	740	94
antiviral	134	6	140	96
fourth-generation cephalosporin	28	1	29	97
tetracycline	28	1	29	97
total	4810	1219	6029	80
Top five indications
surgical prophylaxis	261	368	629	41
CAP	362	119	481	75
cystic fibrosis: infective exacerbation	235	25	260	90
sepsis: empirical therapy	586	48	634	92
medical prophylaxis: fungal	571	18	589	97
total	2015	578	2593	78

	Appropriate	Inappropriate	Total	Percentage appropriate
Antibiotic class
first-generation cephalosporin	342	244	586	58
carbapenem	103	69	172	60
macrolide	161	72	233	69
nitroimidazole	171	69	240	71
fluoroquinolone	80	27	107	75
third-generation cephalosporin	494	137	631	78
penicillin	1368	375	1743	78
lincosamide	90	21	111	81
other agents^a	167	37	204	82
glycopeptide	164	26	190	86
aminoglycoside	470	65	535	88
trimethoprim/cotrimoxazole	315	24	339	93
antifungal	695	45	740	94
antiviral	134	6	140	96
fourth-generation cephalosporin	28	1	29	97
tetracycline	28	1	29	97
total	4810	1219	6029	80
Top five indications
surgical prophylaxis	261	368	629	41
CAP	362	119	481	75
cystic fibrosis: infective exacerbation	235	25	260	90
sepsis: empirical therapy	586	48	634	92
medical prophylaxis: fungal	571	18	589	97
total	2015	578	2593	78

Results from classes with <20 prescriptions not listed individually.