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Published in final edited form as: Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Mar 28;144:110693. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2021.110693

Table 3.

Conservative versus surgically managed patient antibiotic use for both abscess size and location, n (%)

	Abscess Size		Abscess Location
	Small n=55	Large n=49	Medial n=84	Non-Medial n=24
Conservatively managed with IV abx therapy in hospital - No OR (n=49)
	n=38	n=7	n=43	n=6
No prior abx (n=21)	16/19 (84.2%)	3/19 (15.8%)	17/21 (81.0%)	4/21 (19.0%)
No oral but prior IV (n=5)	3/4 (75.0%)	1/4 (25.0%)	5/5 (100%)	0/5 (0%)
Prior oral but no IV (n=19)	16/18 (88.9%)	2/18 (11.1%)	18/19 (94.7%)	1/19 (5.3%)
Prior oral and IV (n=4)	3/4 (75.0%)	1/4 (25.0%)	3/4 (75.0%)	1/4 (25.0%)
Surgical intervention needed - OR (n=59)
	n=17	n=42	n=41	n=18
No prior abx to OR (n=9)	0/9 (0%)	9/9 (100%)	7/9 (77.8%)	2/9 (22.2%)
No oral but prior IV before OR (n=30)	10/30 (33.3%)	20/30 (66.7%)	19/30 (63.3%)	11/30 (36.7%)
Prior oral but no IV before OR (n=6)	2/6 (33.3%)	4/6 (66.7%)	6/6 (100%)	0/6 (0%)
Prior oral and IV before OR (n=14)	5/14 (35.7%)	9/14 (64.3%)	9/14 (64.3%)	5/14 (35.7%)

Abbreviations: IV, intravenous; Abx, antibiotics