Table 2.

Randomized controlled trials of shorter versus longer antibiotic therapy that included patients with bacteremia.

Author	Syndrome	All patients blood cultured?	Short-arm group, number (percentage) bacteremic	Long-arm group, number (percentage) bacteremic
Chowdhary et al. [26]	Non-Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia	Yes	26/26 (100%)	26/26 (100%)
	S. aureus bacteremia	Yes	7/7 (100%)	7/7 (100%)
Runyon et al. [28]	Peritonitis	Yes	9/43 (20.9%)	17/47 (36.2%)
Chaudhry et al. [29]	Peritonitis	Yes	6/25 (24%)	8/25 (32%)
Jernelius et al. [47]	Pyelonephritis	Yes	5/32 (15.6%)	4/29 (13.8%)
Cheng et al. [48]	Pyelonephritis	Yes	1/41 (2.4%)	3/39 (7.7%)
Engle et al. [30]	Pneumonia	Yes	0/14 (0%)	0/12 (0%)
Engle et al. [31]	Pneumonia	Yes	0/35 (0%)	0/38 (0%)
Vuori-Holopainen et al. [32]	Pneumonia	Yes	N/A	N/A
Tellier et al. [36]	Pneumonia	Yes	14/187 (7.5%)	9/191 (4.7%)
File et al. [35]	Pneumonia	Yes	N/A	N/A
Dunbar et al. [37]	Pneumonia	Yes	7/256 (2.7%)	7/272 (2.6%)
Leophonte et al. [39]	Pneumonia	Yes	11/125 (8.8%)	12/119 (10.1%)
Siegel et al. [38]	Pneumonia	Yes	2/24 (8.3%)	4/22 (18.2%)
El Moussaoui et al. [40]	Pneumonia	Unclear	6/56 (10.7%)	8/63 (12.7%)
Chastre et al. [42]	Pneumonia	Yes	14/197 (7.1%)	14/204 (6.9%)

N/A, not applicable.