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.