TABLE 4.

Relevant clinical data on efficacy of antibiotic treatment of Bartonella-related infections^a

Disease	Drug	Duration	No. of patients			Reference
			Total	Cured	Relapse
Chronic bacteremia	No treatment		9	2	7	36
	Gentamicin + doxycycline	14 + 28 days	7	7	0	36
	Amoxicillin	5 days	1	0	1	65
	Ceftriaxone	10 days	2	2	0	65
BA-PH	Erythromycin	2-12 wk	8	5	3	38
		2-4 mo	4	3	1	55
		NI	1	1	0	102
		4-6 wk	1	1	0	105
		28-56 days	10	8	2	75
	Clarithromycin	8 wk	1	1	0	38
	Tetracycline	8 wk	1	1	0	38
		7-56 days	3	2	1	75
	Penicillin G	NI	2	0	2	54
	TMP-SMX	14 days	3	0	3	75
Endocarditis	Aminoglycoside > 15 days with or without another antibiotic	2-6 wk	82	74	8	83
	Other regimens	6 wk	19	13	4	83
Carrion's disease
Oroya fever	Chloramphenicol with or without another antibiotic	10-14 days	65	62	3	66
	No treatment		16	2	14	39
	Chloramphenicol	7-14 days	10	10	0	39
Verruga peruana	Rifampin	10 days	46	37	9	66
	Streptomycin	10 days	9	5	4	66

^aAbbreviations: NI, duration of treatment not indicated; TMP-SMX, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.