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Table 4 ED antibiotics

From: Predicting observation unit treatment failures in patients with skin and soft tissue infections

Antibiotic classification

Subjects, no. (%)a

Beta-lactam

86 (48%)

Vancomycin

57 (32%)

Lincosamide

40 (22%)

Sulphonamide/folate antagonist

11 (6.1%)

Tetracycline

4 (2.2%)

Quinolone

1 (0.6%)

  1. a10% of patients received more than one antibiotic