Length of treatment in subgroup No treatment
𝑛
=
2
1
3
(11) 1 to 3 days
𝑛
=
9
7
9
(49) 4 to 6 days
𝑛
=
6
1
2
(30) 7 to 10 days
𝑛
=
1
9
6
(10)
𝑃
value Mean age of patient enrolled Mean Age 9.2 10 11 11
.04 Patient demographic by group Age 0.5 to 5.9 years
𝑛
=
1
0
2
3
(51) 137 (13) 469 (46) 326 (32) 91 (9) <.0001 Age 6 to 9.9 years
𝑛
=
4
9
9
(25) 36 (7.5) 245 (49) 145 (29) 73 (14.5) <.0001 Age 10 to 13.9 years
𝑛
=
3
7
8
(19) 40 (10) 195 (52) 116 (31) 27 (7) <.0001 Age 14 to 18 years
𝑛
=
1
0
0
(5) 0 70 (70) 25 (25) 5 (5) <.0001 Febrile days 1 or less days of fever
𝑛
=
1
7
1
6
(85) 175 (10) 881 (51.5) 470 (27.5) 190 (11) <.0001 1 to 3 days of fever
𝑛
=
1
6
4
(9) 35 (21) 27 (17) 97 (59) 5 (3) <.0001 4 to 6 days of fever
𝑛
=
1
2
0
(6) 3 (2.5) 71 (59) 45 (37.5) 1 (1) <.0001 Medically associated illnesses Conjunctivitis
𝑛
=
3
6
(1.5) 5 (14) 8 (22) 9 (25) 14 (39) <.0001 Otitis media
𝑛
=
3
9
(1.5) 3 (8) 9 (23) 15 (38) 12 (31) <.0001 URI
𝑛
=
7
4
(4) 7 (10) 34 (46) 23 (31) 23 (13) <.0001 Gastroenteritis
𝑛
=
2
5
(1) 8 (32) 12 (48) 5 (20) 0 <.0001 Lymphadenitis
𝑛
=
1
8
3
1
(92) 167 (9) 925 (51) 553 (30) 186 (10) <.0001 Antibiotics prescribed Penicillin
𝑛
=
1
2
1
0
(60.5) 60 (5) 533 (44) 476 (39) 141 (12) <.0001 Amoxicillin
𝑛
=
6
1
1
(30) 105 (17) 361 (59) 111 (18) 34 (6) <.0001 Azithromycin
𝑛
=
1
0
9
(5.5) 37 (34) 52 (48) 20 (18) 0 <.0001 Cephalosporin = cefovit
𝑛
=
2
5
(1.5) 7 (28) 17 (68) 0 1 (4) <.0001 Erythromycin
𝑛
=
4
5
(2.5) 4 (9) 16 (36) 5 (11) 20 (44) <.0001
