Table 3 Distribution of first line treatment antibiotic therapy for GABHS pharyngitis. Pedianet, Italy, 2010–2015
From: Antibiotic prescriptions in acute otitis media and pharyngitis in Italian pediatric outpatients
GABHS pharyngitis | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 37,929) | ||||||
No test- No result/Dubious result | Positive test | Total | ||||
N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | |
Amoxicillin | 10,602 | (42.5) | 5438 | (55.8) | 16,040 | (46.3) |
CV-Amoxicillin | 8004 | (32.1) | 2341 | [24] | 10,345 | (29.8) |
Cephalosporins - III gen. | 4022 | (16.1) | 1127 | (11.6) | 5149 | (14.9) |
Cephalosporins - II gen. | 1349 | (5.4) | 389 | [4] | 1738 | [5] |
Macrolides/Lincosamides | 925 | (3.7) | 449 | (4.6) | 1374 | [4] |
Othera | 20 | (0.1) | 5 | (0.1) | 25 | (0.1) |
Total treated | 24,922 | (90.2) | 9749 | (94.7) | 34,671 | (91.4) |
Total not treated | 2708 | (9.8) | 550 | (5.3) | 3258 | (8.6) |