Table 2.
Outcomes of pulmonary actinomycosis after treatment with antibiotics alone or with initial surgery followed by antibiotics
|
Initial antibiotics treatment |
Initial surgical treatment |
Total |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 53) | (n = 15) | (n = 68) | ||
| Treatment outcome |
|
|
|
P = 1.000 |
| Cured |
45 (84.9) |
14 (93.3) |
59 (86.8) |
|
| Failure |
5 (9.4) |
1 (6.7) |
6 (8.8) |
|
| Relapse |
3 (5.7) |
0 (0.0) |
3 (4.4) |
|
| Number of patients treated with IV antibiotics |
23 (43.4) |
15 (100.0) |
38 (55.9) |
P < 0.001 |
| Duration of antibiotics |
|
|
|
|
| IV antibiotics, day |
6 (2–19) |
8 (3–21) |
7 (2–21) |
P = 0.022 |
| Oral antibiotics, month | 5.4 (1.2-14.0) | 5.1 (0.4-15.7) | 5.3 (0.4-15.7) | P = 0.363 |