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Table 3 Comparison of rationality of antibiotic choice between non-survivors and survivors of children with IPD

From: Early clinical predictors for the prognosis of invasive pneumococcal disease

Events about antibiotic choice

Death

Survival

P

whether used antibiotics

12/17 (70.6%)

52/80 (65.0%)

0.288

whether used antibiotics intravenously

10/14 (71.4%)

45/80 (56.3%)

0.840*

whether the choice of antibiotics is consistent with drug susceptibility

1/17 (5.9%)

21/80 (26.3%)

0.050*

percentage of antibiotic change

15/17 (88.2%)

75/80 (93.8%)

0.261

  1. *Calculated using Fisher’s exact test