Clinical diagnosis of study patients and number of patients receiving antibiotic(s)
| Diagnosis | With advance testing (n = 147) | Without advance testing (n = 154) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of patients diagnosed | No. of patients prescribed antibiotic(s) | No. of patients diagnosed | No. of patients prescribed antibiotic(s) | |
| *p<0.001 for difference in prescription between the two patient groups; †diagnosed as Epstein-Barr virus infection (3 patients), chicken pox (2 patients), and causative virus unknown (1 patient). | ||||
| Acute upper or lower respiratory tract infections | 106 | 61* | 134 | 122* |
| Pneumonia/pleuritis | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Influenza | 27 | 5 | 11 | 4 |
| Systemic viral infections† | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Acute gastroenteritis | 15 | 3 | 17 | 3 |
| Urinary tract infection | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Others | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Total no. of diagnoses and patients given antibiotic(s) | 163 | 76* | 172 | 135* |