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Outcomes of patients who received either telithromycin or doxycycline for the treatment of scrub typhus
| Outcome | Result for treatment groupa:
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Telithromycin (n = 47) | Doxycycline (n = 45) | |
| Cure (no. [%] of patients) | 47 (100) | 44 (97.8) |
| Failure (no. of patients) | 0 | 0 |
| Relapse (no. [%] of patients) | 0 | 1 (2.2) |
| Median (range) fever clearance time (h) | 18 (4-72) | 18 (4-105) |
There were no significant differences in outcome measures between the two groups (P > 0.05).
