Table 3.

Comparison between the two groups (adjustment through PS regression)

	Non-antibiotic	Antibiotic	p
Fever timea	48.95b	62.05b	0.12
Hospitalization stay [days, median(IQR)]	7 (6–9)	8 (7–9)	0.007

^aFever time was recorded as rank variables and comparison was made by Wilcoxon rank sum test

^bAverage rank