Table 4 Distribution of first line treatment antibiotic therapy for non-GABHS pharyngitis. Pedianet, Italy, 2010–2015
From: Antibiotic prescriptions in acute otitis media and pharyngitis in Italian pediatric outpatients
non-GABHS pharyngitis | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 37,025) | ||||||
No test- No result/Dubious result | Negative test | Total | ||||
N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | |
Amoxicillin | 2944 | (18.6) | 221 | (36.5) | 3165 | (19.2) |
CV-Amoxicillin | 4856 | (30.6) | 149 | (24.6) | 5005 | (30.4) |
Cephalosporins - III gen. | 4458 | (28.1) | 100 | (16.5) | 4558 | (27.7) |
Cephalosporins - II gen. | 1835 | (11.6) | 28 | (4.6) | 1863 | (11.3) |
Macrolides/Lincosamides | 1652 | (10.4) | 99 | (16.4) | 1751 | (10.6) |
Othera | 116 | (0.7) | 8 | (1.3) | 124 | (0.8) |
Total treated | 15,861 | (53.6) | 605 | (8.2) | 16,466 | (44.5) |
Total not treated | 13,749 | (46.4) | 6810 | (91.8) | 20,559 | (55.5) |