Abstract
To evaluate the palatability of antibiotics effective against beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in children and to compare the results obtained with those obtained in adults. A taste test of 4 antibiotic suspensions: a combination of amoxicillin and clavulanic acid (banana), azithromycin (cherry), clarithromycin (wild fruit), and a combination of erythromycin and sulfisoxazole (strawberry-banana). Outpatient setting. A volunteer sample of 50 healthy children (mean +/- SD age, 6.3 +/- 1.3 years) and 20 adults. After each antibiotic test dose, subjects rated its taste on a 10-cm visual analog scale incorporating a facial hedonic scale. The mean +/- SD taste scores of the antibiotics as rated by the children were as follows: amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, 5.7 +/- 3.6 cm; azithromycin, 6.8 +/- 3.2 cm; clarithromycin, 3.7 +/- 3.6 cm; and erythromycin-sulfisoxazole, 4.9 +/- 3.5 cm. The mean +/- SD taste score for erythromycin-sulfisoxazole (ie, 2.7 +/- 2.3) assigned by the adults was significantly different than that given by the children (P = .01) with no difference noted for the other 3 drugs. Children and adults both selected azithromycin most often as best tasting. There was a significant difference in the proportions selecting eac...Continue Reading
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