Table 1 Characteristics of study sample of switch eligible patients
From: Practice of switch from intravenous to oral antibiotics
Characteristic | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Age (mean ± SD) | 59.68 ± 18.99 |
Sex | Â |
 Male | 198 (51.7) |
 Female | 185 (48.3) |
Smoking | 197 (58.3) |
Allergy | Â |
 Food | 4 (8.5) |
 Drug | 15 (31.9) |
 Asthma | 28 (59.6) |
Co-morbidities | Â |
 Diabetes mellitus | 144 (37.6) |
 Hypertension | 176 (46) |
 CAD | 76 (19.8) |
 COPD | 94 (24.5) |
 Others | 118 (30.8) |
Presumed or documented diagnosis | |
 Respiratory tract infections | 188 (49.1) |
 COPD exacerbation | 99 (25.8) |
 Urinary tract infections | 58 (15.1) |
 Skin & soft tissue infections | 40 (10.4) |
 Gastrointestinal infections | 24 (6.3) |
 Other infections | 5 (1.3) |