Over prescription of antibiotics for adult pharyngitis is prevalent in developing countries but can be reduced using McIsaac modification of Centor scores: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Patient demographics

Variables	N (%)
Total number of patients in study	137
Males, N (%)	91 (66.4%)
Females, N (%)	46 (33.5%)
Mean age ± SD	26 ± 10.71
Median age ± SD	23 ± 10.71
Antibiotics prescribed by physicians
Penicillin	46 (34.1%)
Macrolides	42 (31.1%)
Cephalosporins	20 (14.8%)
Quinolones	20 (14.8%)
Sulfonamide/Trimethoprim	4 (3.0%)
Tetracyclines	3 (2.2%)

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