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Table 3 Changes in antibiotic availability in convenience stores before and after antibiotic regulation

From: Informal sale of antibiotics in Guatemalan convenience stores before and after implementation of federal antibiotic dispensing legislation

 

Number of stores with antibiotics available before but not available after regulation

Number of stores with antibiotics not available before but available after regulation

All stores

n=157 (%)

n =157 (%)

 Any antibiotic

24 (15%)

39 (25%)

 Amoxicillin

32 (20%)

33 (21%)

 Tetracycline

39 (25%)

23 (15%)

Quetzaltenangoa

n=99

n=99

 Any antibiotic

12 (12%)

31 (31%*)

 Amoxicillin

16 (16%)

23 (23%)

 Tetracycline

24 (24%)

13 (13%*)

Saquetepequezb

n=32

n=32

 Any antibiotic

7 (23%)

4 (13%)

 Amoxicillin

9 (28%)

6 (19%)

 Tetracycline

8 (25%)

6 (19%)

Guatemala City

n=26

n=26

 Any antibiotic

5 (19%)

4 (15%)

 Amoxicillin

5 (19%)

4 (15%)

 Tetracycline

7 (27%)

4 (15%)

  1. aTwo municipalities in the department of Quetzaltenango were included, San Juan Ostuncalco and Coatepeque
  2. bOne town, Antigua, in the municipality of Saquetepequez, was included
  3. *P<0.017, McNemar test for paired data with continuity correction. A Bonferroni correction was applied assuming alpha = 0.05 divided by three pairwise comparisons for each municipality grouping