Table 3.
Serious infection causes during the maintenance period.
| Serious infection causes | All studies | RCTs | Death | All studies | RCTs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | 78 | 46 | Respiratory | 7 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 37 | 19 | Sepsis | 6 | 3 |
| Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia | 3 | 2 | Unspecified | 1 | 0 |
| Bronchitis | 21 | 21 | Total | 14 | 4 |
| Other respiratory | 20 | 6 | |||
| Gastrointestinal | 16 | 13 | |||
| Genitourinary | 7 | 6 | |||
| Sepsis | 6 | 6 | |||
| Other | 13 | 8 | |||
| Unspecified | 27 | 9 | |||
| Total | 147 | 98 |
RCT, randomized clinical trial. Other in RCTs: Two cases of herpes zoster, and 1 case each of bacterial orchitis, bacterial elbow hygroma, bacterial endocarditis, ENT infection, paronychia, osteomyelitis. Other in all studies: 3 cases of herpes zoster, and 1 case each of bacterial orchitis, bacterial elbow hygroma, bacterial endocarditis, ENT infection, paronychia, osteomyelitis, erysipelas, cutaneous abscess, otitis media, mucositis.