Antibiotic selection:
A total of 9 different intravenous antibiotics were used in this patient
cohort. The difference between monotherapy and combination therapy is
illustrated in figure 4. Piperacillin with tazobactam (Tazocin) was the
most used antibiotic, given as 69 separate courses (45% of all
intravenous antibiotic courses) and used as monotherapy in most cases
(93%). Ceftazidime (25%), Teicoplanin (16%) and Meropenem (9%) were
the next most common.
Oral and topical antibiotics commonly used were ciprofloxacin,
amoxicillin and gentamicin.