Antibiotic Use in Children with Acute Respiratory or Ear Infections: Prospective Observational Comparison of Anthroposophic and Conventional Treatment under Routine Primary Care Conditions

Table 3

Comparison to other studies: diagnosis groups.

Diagnosis group	This study	Other studies
1	Sore throat	Sore throat/pharyngitis/tonsillitis (excluding tonsillar hypertrophy)
2	Cough	Cough/tracheitis/bronchitis
3	Ear pain	Ear pain/otitis media (excluding otitis media with effusion)
4	All patients: Sore throat, cough or ear pain	Respiratory tract infection/upper respiratory tract infection with or without otitis media (excluding pneumonia, cystic fibrosis, and tuberculosis)