Comparative Study of 5-Day and 10-Day Cefditoren Pivoxil Treatments for Recurrent Group A 𝛽-Hemolytic Streptococcus pharyngitis in Children

Table 1

Characteristics of children with repeated GABHA pharyngitis.

Characteristics	Total	5-day treatment group	10-day treatment group	P value
Number of cases	226	77	149
Male:Female	138∶88	46∶31	92∶57	.775
Age (years) (mean±SD)	6.77±2.04	6.70±1.93	6.80±2.10	.728
Frequency of episodes (times) (mean±SD)	2.79±1.35	2.75±1.54	2.81±1.24	.768
Interval between preceding and present episodes (months) (mean±SD)	10.48±13.8	12.95±17.30	9.20±11.47	.089
Length of follow-up (days) (mean±SD)	22.20±2.98	22.57±3.03	22.02±2.94	.203