Table 4.
Correlations between volume of prescribed penicillins and clarithromycin and/or clindamycin and resistance rates (%) in all practices, adult and paediatric practices
| All practices | |||
| Prescription of | S. pneumoniae resistance to | rho | p-value |
| Penicillins (J01C) | Penicillin | 0.39 | 0.084 |
| Macrolides, lincosamides (J01F) | Clarithromycin and/or clindamycin | 0.76 | 0.001 |
| Adult practices | |||
| Prescription of | S. pneumoniae resistance to | rho | p-value |
| Penicillins (J01C) | Penicillin | 0.30 | 0.319 |
| Macrolides, lincosamides (J01F) | Clarithromycin and/or clindamycin | 0.63 | 0.021 |
| Paediatric practices | |||
| Prescription of | S. pneumoniae resistance to | rho | p-value |
| Penicillins (J01C) | Penicillin | 0.10 | 0.872 |
| Macrolides, lincosamides (J01F) | Clarithromycin and/or clindamycin | 0.52 | 0.191 |
(Spearman’s rank correlation) [significant results marked in bold]