title: Outpatient prescription of oral antibiotics in a training hospital in Turkey: trends in the last decade.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim was to evaluate the changing trends in outpatient prescription of oral antibiotic forms at a Training Hospital in the last decade.
  
  
  METHODS
  All the outpatient prescriptions during April and May 2004 were evaluated. The diagnosis, the department of the prescriber, the count and generic name of each prescribed antibiotic were all noted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 33,491 outpatient prescripitions, 14.9% included antibiotic (n=5004). The pediatric clinics (26.4%), Ear, Nose and Throat department (13.7%), and the department of Gyneacology and Obstetrics (10.8%) were the leading departments in antibiotic prescriptions. Upper respiratory tract infections (45.4%), urinary tract infection (11.4%) and lower respiratory tract infections (4.2%) shared the first lines of diagnosis stated. Of the antibiotic prescriptions, 96.3% included oral forms. Co-amoxiclav (26.4%), quinolones (11.7%) and cephalosporins (16.5%) were the most frequently prescribed antibiotics. Percent of antibiotic prescriptions based on microbial sensitivity test results was 7.1%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Compared with the results of the study carried out 11 years ago; though co-amoxiclav is still the most frequently prescribed antibiotic, many other changes have been observed in antibiotic prescription attitudes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, GATA-Tevfik Saglam Caddesi, Intaniye Klinigi, 06010 Ankara, Turkey. iyavci@gata.edu.tr
authors.forename: Ismail Yasar
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Avci
authors.forename: Selim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kilic
authors.forename: Cengiz Han
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Acikel
authors.forename: Muharrem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ucar
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hasde
authors.forename: Can Polat
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Eyigun
authors.forename: Alaadin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pahsa
authors.forename: Sadettin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cetiner
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards*; D004363:Drug Utilization; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D014421:Turkey; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents