Table 4.

Details of antibiotics administered to children with acute bacterial lymphadenitis, stratified by severity

	Uncomplicated disease	Complicated disease	p
	n = 123	n = 25
IV antibiotics, n (%)
Anti-Staphylococcal beta-lactam (flucloxacillin or cephazolin)	96/121 (79.3)	18/25 (72.0)	0.423
Third-generation cephalosporin (cefotaxime or ceftriaxone)	77/121 (63.6)	17/25 (68.0)	0.681
Clindamycin	28/121 (23.1)	13/25 (52.0)	0.003
Other	19/121 (15.7)	7/25 (28.0)	0.145
PO antibiotics, n (%)
Anti-Staphylococcal beta-lactam (flucloxacillin or cefalexin)	71/112 (63.4)	9/25 (36.0)	0.012
Clindamycin	3/112 (2.7)	2/25 (8.0)	0.202
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid	31/112 (27.7)	12/25 (48.0)	0.048
Other	13/112 (11.6)	3/25 (12.0)	0.956