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Table 3 Correlations between volume of prescribed penicillins and macrolides/lincosamides and resistance rates of S. aureus (%) in all practices, adult and paediatric practices

From: Patient-related factors, antibiotic prescribing and antimicrobial resistance of the commensal Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae in a healthy population - Hungarian results of the APRES study

All practices

 Prescription of

S. aureus resistance to

rho

p-value

Penicillins (J01C)

Penicillin

0.57

0.008

 Macrolides, lincosamides (J01F)

Azithromycin and/or clindamycin

0.22

0.343

Adult practices

 Prescription of

S. aureus resistance to

rho

p-value

 Penicillins (J01C)

Penicillin

0.30

0.319

 Macrolides, lincosamides (J01F)

Azithromycin and/or clindamycin

0.03

0.922

Paediatric practices

 Prescription of

S. aureus resistance to

rho

p-value

 Penicillins (J01C)

Penicillin

0.60

0.284

 Macrolides, lincosamides (J01F)

Azithromycin and/or clindamycin

0.54

0.391

  1. (Spearman’s rank correlation) [significant results marked in bold]