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. 2008 Jul 16;2008:2501.
Ref (type) Population Outcome, Interventions Results and statistical analysis Effect size Favours
Treatment failure

RCT
144 people with suspected PCP, diagnosis confirmed in 109 (76%) (only those with confirmed diagnoses were evaluated further) Treatment failure in people with confirmed PCP 21 days
16/56 (29%) with oral atovaquone
9/53 (17%) with intravenous pentamidine

RR 1.68
95 CI 0.81 to 3.47
P = 0.18
The wide confidence interval suggests that the trial had insufficient power to detect a clinically important difference between treatments
Not significant