Table 1 Antibiotic agents prescribed most commonly - number of prescriptions per 1000 children and percentage of all prescriptions (in the brackets)
From: Antibiotic prescription preferences in paediatric outpatient setting in Estonia and Sweden
| Â | Estonia | Sweden | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Amoxicillin | 189 (30.6) | Phenoxymethylpenicillin | 169 (49.7) |
2 | Clarithromycin | 127 (20.6) | Amoxicillin | 35 (10.3) |
3 | Amoxicillin + clavulanic acid | 81 (13.2) | Flucloxacillin | 26 (7.5) |
4 | Sulfamethoxazol + trimethoprim | 46 (7.4) | Cefadroxil | 23 (6.6) |
5 | Cefprozil | 35 (5.6) | Erythromycin | 21 (6) |
6 | Cefuroxime | 34 (5.5) | Amoxicillin + clavulanic acid | 16 (4.9) |
7 | Cefadroxil | 32 (5.2) | Trimethoprim | 9 (2.7) |
8 | Phenoxymethylpenicillin | 24 (4) | Sulfamethoxazol + trimethoprim | 7 (2) |
9 | Azitromycin | 15 (2.4) | Pivmecillinam | 6 (1.6) |
10 | Doxycyclin | 6 (1) | Doxycyclin | 5 (1.6) |
| Â | Others | 28 (4.5) | Others | 24.9 (7) |