Table 1 Distribution of first line antibiotic prescriptions for AOM with percentages referred to total prescription by age bands. Pedianet, Italy, 2010–2015
From: Antibiotic prescriptions in acute otitis media and pharyngitis in Italian pediatric outpatients
Amoxicillin | CV-Amoxicillin | Cephalosporins - III gen. | Cephalosporins - I/II gen. | Macrolides/ Lincosamides | Othera | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 15,906) | (N = 14,865) | (N = 9114) | (N = 4056) | (N = 1347) | (N = 32) | (N = 45,320) | ||||||||
N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | |
≤6 months | 486 | (54.1) | 259 | (28.8) | 78 | (8.7) | 63 | (7.0) | 13 | (1.4) | 0 | (0) | 899 | (2.0) |
6 mo. < age ≤ 24 mo. | 4378 | (44.6) | 2630 | (26.8) | 1670 | (17.0) | 945 | (9.6) | 186 | (1.9) | 14 | (0.14) | 9823 | (21.7) |
> 24 months | 11,042 | (31.9) | 11,976 | (34.6) | 7366 | (21.3) | 3048 | (8.8) | 1148 | (3.3) | 18 | (0.05) | 34,598 | (76.3) |