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Table 2 Outcomes of pulmonary actinomycosis after treatment with antibiotics alone or with initial surgery followed by antibiotics

From: Multivariate analysis of prognostic factors in patients with pulmonary actinomycosis

 

Initial antibiotics treatment

Initial surgical treatment

Total

P value

(n = 53)

(n = 15)

(n = 68)

Treatment outcome

   

P = 1.000

 Cured

45 (84.9)

14 (93.3)

59 (86.8)

 

 Failure

5 (9.4)

1 (6.7)

6 (8.8)

 

 Relapse

3 (5.7)

0 (0.0)

3 (4.4)

 

Number of patients treated with IV antibiotics

23 (43.4)

15 (100.0)

38 (55.9)

P < 0.001

Duration of antibiotics

    

 IV antibiotics, day

6 (2–19)

8 (3–21)

7 (2–21)

P = 0.022

 Oral antibiotics, month

5.4 (1.2-14.0)

5.1 (0.4-15.7)

5.3 (0.4-15.7)

P = 0.363