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Table 2 Comparison of antibiotic susceptibility rates between adults and children

From: Clinical characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibilities of viridans streptococcal bacteremia during febrile neutropenia in patients with hematologic malignancies: a comparison between adults and children

Antibiotics

All patients* (n=201)

Adults (≥ 20 years old) (n=140)

Children (< 20 years old) (n=61)

p-value

Penicillin

79/201 (39.3)

57/140 (40.7)

22/61 (36.1)

0.535

Cefotaxime†

166/200 (83.0)

127/140 (90.7)

39/60 (65.0)

< 0.001

Cefepime‡

159/199 (79.9)

120/140 (85.7)

39/59 (66.1)

0.002

Vancomycin

201/201 (100.0)

140/140 (100.0)

61/61 (100.0)

NA

Linezolid

200/201 (99.5)

140/140 (100.0)

60/61 (98.4)

0.303

Clindamycin

172/201 (85.6)

121/140 (86.4)

51/61 (83.6)

0.601

Erythromycin

99/201 (49.3)

78/140 (55.7)

21/61 (34.4)

0.006

  1. Data are No. (%) of cases.
  2. NA not available.
  3. *Antibiotic susceptibility tests were performed in 201 patients (140 adults, 61 children).
  4. †Antibiotic susceptibility tests were performed in 200 patients (140 adults, 60 children).
  5. ‡Antibiotic susceptibility tests were performed in 199 patients (140 adults, 59 children).