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Table 2 Mortality and antibiotic use, by type of Vibrio illness (N = 8056)

From: Antibiotic use for Vibrio infections: important insights from surveillance data

All Vibrio species

Alive n = 7454

Deceased n = 602

Crude Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Received at least one antibiotic

65.1%

64.6%

0.98 (0.82-1.16)

At least one quinolone

37.4%

24.9%

0.56 (0.46-0.67)

At least one cephalosporin

14.5%

30.6%

2.60 (2.16-3.13)

At least one tetracycline

14.5%

25.1%

1.98 (1.63-2.40)

At least one penicillin

9.5%

15.8%

1.78 (1.41-2.25)

V. parahaemolyticus

n = 3445

n = 29

 

Received at least one antibiotic

56.5%

65.5%

1.46 (0.68-3.15)

At least one quinolone

39.8%

37.9%

0.93 (0.44-1.97)

At least one cephalosporin

6.6%

31.0%

6·41 (2.89-14.24)

At least one tetracycline

7.3%

20.7%

3.29 (1.33-8.16)

At least one penicillin

4.6%

3.4%

0.75 (0.10-5.53)

V. vulnificus

n = 1108

n = 491

 

Received at least one antibiotic

86.6%

68.2%

0.33 (0.26-0.43)

At least one quinolone

37.1%

25.5%

0.58 (0.46-0.73)

At least one cephalosporin

42.3%

33.2%

0.68 (0.54-0.85)

At least one tetracycline

47.5%

27.3%

0.42 (0.33-0.52)

At least one penicillin

18.5%

17.7%

0.95 (0.72-1.25)

V. alginolyticus

n = 863

n = 11

 

Received at least one antibiotic

76.0%

36.4%

0.18 (0.05-0.62)

At least one quinolone

29.7%

18.2%

0.53 (0.11-2.46)

At least one cephalosporin

23.6%

18.2%

0.72 (0.15-3.35)

At least one tetracycline

10.0%

0.0%

n/a

At least one penicillin

19.1%

9.1%

0.42 (0.05-3.33)

V. cholerae non-O1, non-O139

n = 722

n = 41

 

Received at least one antibiotic

66.1%

39.0%

0.33 (0.17-0.63)

At least one quinolone

39.3%

7.3%

0.12 (0.04-0.40)

At least one cephalosporin

9.4%

19.5%

2.33 (1.04-5.25)

At least one tetracycline

12.3%

19.5%

1.72 (0.77-3.85)

At least one penicillin

9.6%

7.3%

0.75 (0.23-2.48)

  1. n/a not applicable