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Table 5 Comparison of intravenous antibiotics used between patients with surgery and without surgery

From: Pulmonary actinomycosis during the first decade of 21st century: cases of 94 patients

Patients with surgery (n = 49)

Patients without surgery (n = 45)

Cephalosporin

19 patients

Penicillin G

20 patients

Penicillin G

10 patients

Cephalosporin

5 patients

Ampicillin/sulbactam

3 patients

Ampicillin/sulbactam

4 patients

Amoxicillin

3 patients

Amoxicillin

2 patients

Piperacillin/Tazobactam

3 patients

Piperacillin/Tazobactam

1 patient

Levofloxacin

1 patient

Aminoglycoside

1 patient

Erythromycin

1 patient

  

Cabapenem

1 patient

  

Piperacillin/Sulbactam

1 patient

  

No record

0 patients

No record

2 patients

No antibiotic treatment

3 patients

No antibiotic treatment

1 patient*

No intravenous antibiotic treatment

4 patients

No intravenous antibiotic treatment

9 patients

  1. * The patient presented as an asymptomatic pulmonary nodule was spontaneously cured during the diagnostic process.