Table 4

Inappropriateness of antibiotic prescription by group, according to number of Centor criteria

Number of Centor criteriaIntervention group (N = 271), n(%)Control group (N =255), n(%)Total (N = 526), n (%)
14(5.9)24 (39.3)28(21.7)
220 (23.3)48(60.0)68(41.0)
332 (43.2)49 (69.0)81 (55.9)
417 (39.5)32 (74.4)49 (57.0)
Total73 (26.9)153 (60.0)226 (43.0)