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Table 2 Proportion of antibiotic types that were dispensed without a valid prescription by pharmacies sampled in the study

From: Pharmacy-based dispensing of antimicrobial agents without prescription in India: appropriateness and cost burden in the private sector

Antimicrobial agents dispensed

Proportion of pharmacies dispensing antibiotics in each simulated condition

Upper respiratory tract infection in adult

Acute gastro-enteritis in child

n = 115 (%)

n = 146 (%)

Amoxicillin

42 (51.2)

-

Amoxicillin-clavulanate

2 (2.4)

-

Ampicillin-cloxacillin

4 (4.9)

-

Cephalexin

2 (2.4)

-

Cefixime

2 (2.4)

-

Azithromycin

10 (12.2)

-

Roxithromycin

3 (3.7)

-

Ciprofloxacin

10 (12.2)

-

Levofloxacin

3 (3.7)

-

Ofloxacin (alone)

4 (4.9)

7 (7.6)

Norflaxacin (alone)

-

8 (8.7)

Norfloxacin + Metronidazole

-

38 (41.3)

Ofloxacin + Metronidazole

-

9 (9.8)

Ofloxacin + Ornidazole

-

7 (7.6)

Metronidazole (alone)

-

14 (15.2)

Furazolidone

-

9 (9.8)