Table 1.
Patient Characteristics by Treatment Group
| Croatia (n = 166) |
Egypt (n = 392) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient Characteristics | IM BPG | Amoxicillin | IM BPG | Amoxicillin | ||
| Patients enrolled; n (%) | 84 (50.6) | 82 (49.4) | 191 (48.7) | 201 (51.3) | ||
| GAS + by throat culture; n (%) | 71 (82.6) | 76 (92.7) | 154 (80.6) | 162 (80.6) | ||
| Age in years; n (%) | ||||||
| <5 | 32 (38.1) | 34 (41.5) | 84 (44.0) | 88 (43.8) | ||
| ≥5 years | 52 (61.9) | 48 (58.5) | 107 (56.0) | 113 (56.2) | ||
| Gender; n (%) | ||||||
| Male | 55 (65.5) | 46 (56.1) | 115 (60.2) | 112 (55.7) | ||
| Female | 29 (34.5) | 36 (43.9) | 76 (39.8) | 89 (44.3) | ||
| Mean age in years ± SD | 5.6 ± 2.6 | 5.7 ± 2.4 | 5.3 ± 2.6 | 5.4 ± 2.5 | ||
| Mean weight in kg ± SD | 23.4 ± 9.1 | 24.0 ± 8.1 | 19.5 ± 7.4 | 18.9 ± 6.1 | ||
| Mean temperature in °C ± SD | 37.1 ± 0.8 | 37.6 ± 0.9 | 37.9 ± 0.9 | 37.7 ± 0.8 | ||
| Intent to treat analysis; n (%) | 57 (67.9) | 64 (78.0) | 124 (64.9) | 123 (61.2) | ||
| Per protocol analysis; n (%) | 57 (67.9) | 54 (65.9) | 124 (64.9) | 37 (18.4) | ||
Abbreviations: IM BPG, intramuscular benzathine penicillin G; GAS, group A β-hemolytic streptococcal; SD, standard deviation.