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Table 5 Distribution of operated patients according to antibiotics received for prophylaxis

From: Evaluation of the practice of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in a Zonal Referral Hospital in Mbujimayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Antibiotics

Frequency (n = 324)

%

Ceftriaxone

113

34.88

Metronidazole + Ceftriaxone

110

33.95

Metronodazole + Ampicillin + gentamycin,

74

22.84

Metronidazole + Ceftriaxone + gentamycin,

7

2.16

Metronidazole + Ampicillin

6

1.85

Ampicillin + gentamycin,

5

1.54

Metronidazole + gentamycin, + Ampicillin

5

1.54

Ciprofloxacin + Metronidazole

2

0.62

Co-amoxyclav

1

0.31

Ampicillin

1

0.31