. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 19.

Published in final edited form as: Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 1;49(3):383–391. doi: 10.1086/600296

Table 4. Mortality rates for cellulitis/erysipelas.

	Treatment

Outcome	Other^a	UV	Sulfonamide	Penicillin
Overall, proportion of patients cured	2528/23657	409/4936	35/1593	1/325
Percentage of patients cured (95% CI)	10.7 (10.3–11.1)	8.3 (7.5–9.1)	2.2 (1.5–2.9)	0.3 (0–0.8)
Effect size, % (95% CI)	…	−2.4 (−1.3 to −3.6)	−8.5 (−7.4 to −9.6)	−10.4 (−9.5 to −11.1)

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 therapy (but not ultraviolet therapy), or bacteriophage therapy.