TABLE 3.

Severity of disease and outcome

Parametera	Patient treatment		P
	Levofloxacin (n = 16)	Ceftriaxone (n = 16)
No. of patients with bilobar Rx involvement (%)	6 (37.5)	5 (31.3)	0.5
No. of patients with pleural effusion/total number of patients (%)	4/16 (25)	2/16 (12.5)	0.3
No. of patients with empyema (%)	1 (6.3)	2 (12.5)	1
No. of patients with PSI class IV (%)	11 (68.8)	9 (56.3)	0.7
No. of patients with PSI class V (%)	2 (12.5)	5 (31.3)	0.39
Mean APACHE score (SD)	14.5 (3.8)	14.8 (4.9)	0.8
No. of patients with shock	1 (6.3)	2 (12.5)	1
No. of patients with ICU admission	0	2 (12.5)	0.4
No. of patients with mechanical ventilation	0	2 (12.5)	0.4
Mean length of hospital stay in days (SD)	8.44 (3.1)	12.06 (8.9)	0.1
30-day mortality (%)	0	1 (6.3)	1

^aICU, intensive care unit.