Table 3.
Reason for Treatment Failure | Day Postenrollment |
Total |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Amoxicillin | Benzyl Penicillin | All | |
Signs of very severe pneumonia | 17 | 11 | 4 (1a) | 1 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 33 |
Persisting distress | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Clinician's decision | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
Change of diagnosis | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
Withdrawal of consent | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 24 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 30 | 59 |
a Death following treatment failure.