Table 4 Types of treatment received by recruited patients (directly observed, n = 1030)

From: Antimicrobial resistance, inflammatory responses: a comparative analysis of pathogenicities, knowledge hybrids and the semantics of antibiotic use

Treatment methods (RTI/UTI)

N

% of patients

IV antibiotics

473

51.6

Oral antibiotics

692

67.2

Traditional Chinese medicine

10

1.0

Other

59

5.6

IV & oral antibiotics

134

13.0

IV or oral antibiotics

916

88.9