Three-Year Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Use in a Chinese University Hospital

Table 4

Diagnoses treated with therapeutic antimicrobials (%).

Indication	2018-Oct N (%)	2019-Nov N (%)	2020-Nov N (%)
Pneumonia or lower respiratory tract infection	89 (45.4)	48 (60.8)	22 (47.8)
Skin and soft tissue infection	18 (9.2)	2 (2.5)	2 (4.3)
Urinary tract infection	10 (5.1)	2 (2.5)	1 (2.2)
Ear, nose, and throat infection	3 (1.5)	1 (1.3)	0 (0.0)
Bronchitis	10 (5.1)	10 (12.7)	1 (2.2)
Intra-abdominal infection	1 (0.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Bone/joint infection	16 (8.2)	13 (16.5)	6 (13.0)
Gastrointestinal infection	6 (3.1)	1 (1.3)	1 (2.2)
Obstetric/gynecological infection	5 (2.6)	0 (0.0)	5 (10.9)
Infection of the central nervous system	6 (3.1)	1 (1.3)	2 (4.3)
Unknown indications	32 (16.3)	1 (1.3)	6 (13.0)