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Table 2 Cross-correlation coefficients between antibiotic use and acute respiratory tract infections (2010-2015)

From: Temporal relationship between antibiotic use and respiratory virus activities in the Republic of Korea: a time-series analysis

Antibiotics

Acute bronchitis

Acute tonsillitis

Acute upper respiratory infection

Pneumonia

Tetracyclines

0.44

p = 0.66

0-month lag

0.11

p = 0.34

0-month lag

0.03

p = 0.97

−10-month lag

−0.01

p = 0.90

0-month lag

Penicillins

0.73

p < 0.01

0-month lag

0.69

p < 0.01

0-month lag

0.33

p < 0.01

0-month lag

0.36

p < 0.01

0-month lag

Other beta-lactam antibacterials

0.69

p < 0.01

0-month lag

0.68

p < 0.01

0-month lag

0.32

p < 0.01

0-month lag

0.25

p = 0.03

0-month lag

Macrolides

0.74

p < 0.01

0-month lag

0.59

p < 0.01

0-month lag

0.24

p = 0.04

0-month lag

0.53

p < 0.01

0-month lag

Aminoglycosides

0.14

p = 0.28

0-month lag

0.20

p = 0.09

−3-month lag

−0.04

p = 0.75

0-month lag

0.38

p < 0.01

0-month lag

Fluoroquinolones

0.45

p < 0.01

0-month lag

0.35

p < 0.01

0-month lag

0.31

p < 0.01

0-month lag

0.23

p = 0.05

0-month lag