Table 2. Clinical cure rates for trauma, surgery, or combat wounds or ulcer infections.
| Treatment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Othera | Sulfonamide | Penicillin |
| Overall, proportion of patients cured | 160/449 | 385/531 | 1476/1775 |
| Percentage of patients cured (95% CI) | 36 (32–39) | 73 (70–76) | 83 (81–85) |
| Effect size, % (95% CI) | … | 37 (30–43) | 48 (42–53) |
| Lower limit of effect size,b % | … | … | 42 |
Note. CI, confidence interval. This table is available in its entirety in the online version of the journal.
a
“Other” refers to nonantimicrobial therapies, including topical creams (eg, magnesium sulfate, glycerin, etc.), blood transfusion, injection of anti-streptococcal serum into lesions, X-ray or ultraviolet therapy, or bacteriophage therapy.
b
Lower limit of effect size is calculated by subtracting the upper bound of the 95% CI of cure with no antibiotic therapy (68%) from the lower bound of the 95% CI of cure with penicillin (96%).