Research Article

Identifying Risk Factors for Aspiration in Patients Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Table 4

Antibiotic treatment in AP and non-AP patients.

APNon-AP

Percentage of antibiotics usage, N (%)
 Overall antibiotics2,676 (92.8)52,692 (97.9)
 Broad-spectrum antibiotics2,625 (98.1)51,972 (98.6)
 Antibiotics for injection2,619 (97.9)52,093 (98.9)
 Combined antibiotics2,187 (81.7)40,047 (76.0)
The top ten antibiotics (%)
 1Piperacillin (44.6)Moxifloxacin (31.7)
 2Meropenem (24.8)Levofloxacin (29.9)
 3Levofloxacin (22.9)Piperacillin (26.3)
 4Moxifloxacin (20.2)Azithromycin (11.8)
 5Cefoperazone (17.9)Meropenem (11.3)
 6Vancomycin (13.5)Cefdinir (10.3)
 7Imipenem (12.9)Cefoperazone (10.3)
 8Cefixime (9.2)Cefixime (8.7)
 9Latamoxef (9.1)Ceftazidime (8.4)
 10Etimicin (8.6)Imipenem (7.9)