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. 2017 Jul 25;12:133. doi: 10.1186/s13023-017-0637-x

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