TABLE 1.

Comparison of prescribed antibiotics according to diagnoses

	Nasopharyngitis (n=277)		Tonsillitis (n=1098)		Pharyngitis (n=3466)		Total		p
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Penicillin derivatives	0	0.0	8	0.7	12	0.3	20	0.4	a0.194
Penicillin derivatives plus
beta lactamase inhibitors	20	7.2	614	55.9	1001	28.9	1635	33.8	b0.001**
Cephalosporins	135	48.7	351	32.0	782	22.6	1268	26.2	b0.001**
Macrolides	8	2.9	26	2.4	96	2.8	130	2.7	b0.755
Quinolones	2	0.7	1	0.1	10	0.3	13	0.3	a0.173
Others	1	0.4	4	0.4	4	0.1	9	0.2	a0.122

^aFisher Freeman Halton;

^bPearson chi-Square;

^**p<0.01.