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. 2021 Jan 15;100(2):e24090. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000024090

Table 3.

Clinical characteristics of children using antibiotics before collection of the specimens [cases (%)].

	Antibiotics group (n = 182)	Non-Antibiotics group (n = 39)	X²	P
Spastic cough	167 (91.76)	33 (84.62)	1.906	.167
Whoop	62 (34.07)	12 (30.77)	0.157	.629
Cyanosis	55 (30.22)	10 (25.64)	0.324	.569
Apnea	23 (12.64)	3 (7.69)	0.757	.384
Fever	43 (23.63)	11 (28.21)	0.365	.546
Rhinorrhea	60 (53.57)	55 (50.46)	2.300	.129
Nasal obstruction	63 (34.62)	9 (23.08)	1.947	.163
Positive bacterial culture	45 (24.73)	14 (35.90)	2.048	.152