Distribution of focus-specific DDDs prescribed per hundred patient days (DDD/HPD) for each antibiotic group in two hospitals in Ujjain, India.

GIT gastrointestinal tract, FUO fever of unknown origin, UFI undifferentiated febrile illness, SSTI skin and soft tissue infections, ENT ear, nose and throat, CNS central nervous system, CVS cardiovascular systemPenicillin (J01CE) no prescriptions during the study period; Co-trimoxazole (J01EE01) the figures are in DUs (drug-units) and are not added to total DDDs*Indications for which predominantly lincosamides were prescribedH1 non-teaching hospitalH2 teaching hospitalN1 number of times each antibiotic group prescribed in non-teaching hospitalN2 number of times each antibiotic group prescribed in teaching hospital