Table 1.
Patient characteristics of 80 hospitalized patients
| Median (range) | |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 68 (19–101) |
| Weight (kg) | 70 (32–110) |
| Ciprofloxacin i.v. (days) | 8 (2–45) |
| Admission (days) | 20 (5–122) |
| CRP before therapy (mg l−1) | 203 (1–469) |
| CRP after therapy (mg l−1) | 67 (3–405) |
| Gender | Frequency (percentage) |
| Male | 48 (60%) |
| Female | 32 (40%) |
| Infection | Frequency (percentage) |
| Pneumonia | 26 (33%) |
| Wound infection | 18 (23%) |
| UTI | 18 (23%) |
| Sepsis | 8 (10%) |
| Abdominal infection | 6 (6%) |
| Other | 4 (5%) |
| Ciprofloxacin combination with | Frequency (percentage) |
| Monotherapy | 18 (23%) |
| ß-lactam antibiotics | 45 (56%) |
| Clindamycin | 9 (11%) |
| Other | 8 (10%) |
| Comedication | Frequency (percentage) |
| None | 13 (16%) |
| Cardiovascular | 35 (43%) |
| Immunosupressive medication | 20 (25%) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 10 (13%) |
| Other | 15 (19%) |
UTI, urinary tract infection.