Table 3. Description of Most Commonly Prescribed Antibiotics to Patients Admitted with a Diagnosis of “Cellulitis” in the Emergency Department and Hospital Ward

 

 

Harbor-UCLA

University of Rochester

True Cellulitis

n = 52 (%)

Non-cellulitis

n = 28 (%)

True Cellulitis

n = 52 (%)

Non-cellulitis

n = 13 (%)

Prescription Rank

Emergency Department

(%)

Hospital Ward

(%)

Emergency Department

(%)

Hospital Ward

(%)

ObservationUnit

(%)

Observation Unit

(%)

#1

Clindamycin (72%)

Clindamycin (62%)

Clindamycin

(77%)

Clindamycin

(61%)

Beta-lactam/Beta-lactamase inhibitor

(63%)

Beta-lactam/Beta-lactamase inhibitor

(46%)

#2

Ceftriaxone (48%)

Ceftriaxone (44%)

Ceftriaxone

(42%)

Ceftriaxone

(44%)

Clindamycin

(58%)

Clindamycin

(38%)

#3

Cefazolin (28%)

Vancomycin (28%)

Vancomycin (35%)

Vancomycin

(22%)

TMP-SMXb

(56%)

TMP-SMXb

(31%)

 

a Percentages may add up to greater than 100% as patients may receive more than one antibiotic
b TMP-SMX – trimethoprim sufamethoxazole