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Table 3 Frequency of principal antimicrobial use during hospital admission (n = 135)

From: Community-acquired lobar pneumonia in children in the era of universal 7-valent pneumococcal vaccination: a review of clinical presentations and antimicrobial treatment from a Canadian pediatric hospital

Antimicrobial (s)

Frequency (n = 135)

Cefuroxime; n (%)

60 (44.4)

Cefuroxime and Clarithromycin; n (%)

36 (26.7)

Cefuroxime and Clindamycin; n (%)

15 (11.1)

Ampicillin; n (%)

2 (1.5)

Penicillin; n (%)

3 (2.2)

Ceftriaxone and Clindamycin; n (%)

4 (2.9)

Clindamycin and Clarithromycin; n (%)

2 (1.5)

Ceftriaxone; n (%)

1 (0.7)

Clarithromycin; n (%)

1 (0.7)

Other; n (%)

11 (8.1)