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Table 2 Associations (p < 0.001) between prescribed antimicrobials and URTIs

From: Physician behaviour for antimicrobial prescribing for paediatric upper respiratory tract infections: a survey in general practice in Trinidad, West Indies

Antimicrobial

URTI

No. (%) doctors prescribing (n = 91)

Amoxicillin

Pharyngitis

47 (51.6)

 

Tonsillitis

47 (51.6)

Amoxicillin/clavulanate

AOM

55 (60.4)

Azithromycin

AOM

27 (29.7)

 

Tonsillitis

27 (29.7)

Cefaclor

AOM

27 (29.7)

Cefuroxime

Sinusitis

20 (22)

Clarithromycin

Sinusitis

19 (20.8)

 

AOM

19 (20.8)

Erythromycin

Pharyngitis

21 (23)