Table 1.
Proportion, % |
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Study | Clinical cure but microbiologic failure | Both clinical and microbiologic cure | P |
Dupin et al [20] | 25 | 100 | .03 |
Maeda et al [40] | |||
7 days | 86 | 100 | .43 |
8–28 days | 29 | — | — |
Gambini et al [12] | 0 | 100 | <.0001 |
Bradshaw et al [41] | 0 | 100 | <.0001 |
Stamm et al [42] | 0 | 100 | — |
Bradshaw et al [43] | 17a | 91a | <.0001 |
Björnelius et al [44] | 29 | 77 | <.0001 |
Mena et al [45] | |||
<21 days | 11 | 20 | .39 |
>21 daysb | 14 | 77 | .001 |
Numbers are not presented separately for men and women, because differences were the same in both groups.
Only a minority of persons had follow-up testing at >21 days.