Table 3.
Proportion of patients treated with antibiotics
| All indications (incl. varicella) | Varicella specific indication | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On systemic AB (%) | On topical AB (%) | On any AB (%) | On systemic AB (%) | On topical AB (%) | On any AB (%) | |
| All patients with varicella (N = 3235) | 19.8 | 10.6 | 27.3 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| Presence of complications | ||||||
| Varicella with complications (n = 406) | 45.6 | 31.5 | 63.5 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 |
| Varicella without complications (n = 2829) | 16.1 | 7.6 | 22.1 | 1.0 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male (n = 1625) | 21.7 | 10.7 | 29.0 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| Female (n = 1610) | 17.9 | 10.6 | 25.6 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| Age group | ||||||
| 0–1 year (n = 452) | 32.5 | 17.5 | 41.8 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 7.7 |
| 2–3 years (n = 1028) | 25.1 | 12.5 | 33.9 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 5.9 |
| 4–6 years (n = 991) | 14.7 | 9.9 | 22.6 | 0.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| 7–12 years (n = 325) | 12.3 | 8.3 | 19.4 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| 13–15 years (n = 53) | 7.5 | 1.9 | 9.4 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 3.8 |
| ≥ 16 years (n = 386) | 11.9 | 2.6 | 13.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 |