Table 2. Clinical cure rates for trauma, surgery, or combat wounds or ulcer infections.
Treatment | |||
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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.
“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.
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%).