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Table 4 Discharge antimicrobials for patients without effusion (n = 83) and with effusion (n = 52)

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

 

Without effusion (n = 83)

With effusion (n = 52)

No Antimicrobials; n (%)

5 (6.0)

4 (7.7)

Amoxicillin; n (%)

16 (19.3)

5 (9.6)

Amoxicillin-Clavulinic Acid; n (%)

23 (27.7)

20 (38.5)

Cefuroxime OR Cefprozil

14 (16.9)

11 (21.1)

Clarithromycin OR Azithromycin OR Erythromycin; n (%)

17 (20.5)

6 (11.5)

Both Amoxicillin AND (Clarithromycin OR Azithromycin); n (%)

4 (4.8)

3 (5.8)

Other; (%)

4 (4.8)

3 (5.8)