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Table 3 Comparison of pre-hospital antibimicrobial use in patients infected or not by anaerobic bacteria

From: Impact of anti-inflammatory drug consumption in peritonsillar abscesses: a retrospective cohort study

 

Anaerobes

No anaerobes

p-value

n

66

102

 

Pre-hospital antibiotic therapy

42 (63.6 %)

64 (62.7 %)

0.907

 Amoxicillin

10 (15.2 %)

23 (22.5 %)

0.239

 Amoxicillin - clavulanic acid

15 (22.7 %)

28 (27.5 %)

0.493

 Clindamycin

2 (3.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0.153

 Anti-anaerobes therapy

17 (28.5 %)

29 (28.4 %)

0.704

 Antimicrobial therapy duration (days)

4.0 (3.0–7.0)

3.0 (2.0–5.0)

0.265

  1. Data are presented as n (%) for dichotomic variables and median (IQR) for continuous variables. For the calculation of each percentage, the number of missing values was excluded from the denominator. The two groups were compared by non-parametric tests (chi-square test, Fisher exact test and Mann–Whitney U-test), as appropriate