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

Table 3

Characteristics of children with treatment success and treatment failure.

Characteristics	Treatment success group	Treatment failure group	P value
Number of cases	194	32
Male:Female	112∶82	26∶6	.011
Age (years) (mean±SD)	6.86±2.12	6.24±1.39	.036
Frequency of episodes (times) (mean±SD)	2.77±1.36	2.91±1.26	.586
Interval between preceding and present episodes (months) (mean±SD)	11.04±14.57	7.05±7.31	.018