Table 2.
Outcomes 12 weeks after S. aureus bacteremia in 111 patients according to the duration of parenteral antibiotic therapy
| Outcome | No. (%) with outcome |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 111) | Group I (<14)a (n = 38) | Group II (≥14)a (n = 73) | ||
| Recurrence | 4 (3.6) | 3 (7.9) | 1 (1.4) | 0.12 |
| Relapse | ||||
| Bacteremia | 3 (2.7) | 3 (7.9) | 0.04 | |
| Deep-seated infection | NAb | |||
| Reinfection | ||||
| Bacteremia | 1 (1) | 1 (1.4) | >0.99 | |
| Deep-seated infection | NA | |||
| All-cause death | 23 (20.7) | 7 (18.4) | 16 (21.9) | 0.67 |
| Treatment failure | 27 (24.3) | 10 (26.3) | 16 (21.9) | 0.64 |
a
Duration of parenteral antibiotic therapy (days).
b
NA, not applicable.