Findings: Of all patients initiated on antibiotics, fever was the predominant symptom (64%) followed by GI symptoms (39%). Twenty percent had tachycardia documented on clinical examination. Respiratory tract infections accounted for majority of admissions included in the study (35%). Among patients initiated on antibiotics, only 49% had elevated leucocyte counts. Majority of antibiotics initiated belonged to Rank 2(69%
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