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Table 2 Average duration of antibiotics (days prescribed) with standard deviation

From: Rates of post procedural prophylactic antibiotic use following cardiac implantable electronic device insertion and the impact on surgical site infections in Alberta, Canada

Antibiotic

Mean days of therapy prescribed

Standard deviation

Cefalexin

7

5.4

Amoxicillin

6

6.1

Clindamycin

6

3.5

Amoxicillin-clavulante

9

8.5

Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim

21

25.4

Doxycycline

14

17.0

Penicillin

15

21.0

Cloxacillin

9

4.0

Ampicillin

6

6.9

Cefadroxil

13

8.2