Table 4.
Treatment of patients at reporting tertiary paediatric centre
| N (%) | All cases | Diagnosis < 2 years | Diagnosis ≥ 2 years | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. reported (Max 107) |
N (%) | No.reported (Max 66)a | N (%) | No. reported (Max 40)a | ||
| Treatment given | ||||||
| Steroids | 62 (59.6) | 104 | 33 (52.4) | 63 | 29 (72.5) | 40 |
| Response seen | 28 (62.2) | 45 | 16 (72.7) | 22 | 12 (52.2) | 23 |
| Hydrochloroquine | 36 (34.6) | 104 | 24 (38.1) | 63 | 12 (30.0) | 40 |
| Response seen | 12 (63.1) | 19 | 9 (69.2) | 13 | 3 (50.0) | 6 |
| Azithromycin | 26 (25.0) | 104 | 17 (27.0) | 63 | 9 (22.5) | 40 |
| Response seen | 6 (50.0) | 12 | 2 (40.0) | 5 | 4 (57.1) | 7 |
| Azathioprine | 4 (3.9) | 103 | 1 (1.6) | 62 | 3 (7.5) | 40 |
| Response seen | 1 (50.0) | 2 | 1 (100.0) | 1 | 0 (0.0) | 0 |
| Cyclophosphamide | 6 (5.8) | 104 | 0 (0.0) | 63 | 6 (15.0) | 40 |
| Response seen | 1 (33.3) | 3 | - | 0 | 1 (33.3) | 3 |
| Oxygen | 23 (56.1) | 41 | 17 (56.7) | 30 | 6 (54.5) | 11 |
| Response seen | 4 (80.0) | 5 | 4 (100.0) | 4 | 0 (0.0) | 1 |
a Age at diagnosis was not documented for 1 subject