Table 4.

Comparison of recovered and mortality rates with various treatment options in the reviews.

Lead author	Year published	Duration of study	Number of cases	Treatment modality	N (%)	Recovered, n (%)	Mortality, n (%)
Chiang et al. [11]	2003	1990–2001	29	AT alone	24 (82.8)	17 (70.8)	7 (29.2)
				AT + PD	2 (6.9)	2 (100)	0 (0)
				AT + ST	3 (10.3)	2 (66.7)	1 (33.3)
Chang et al. [2]	2006	1986–2004	67	AT alone	20 (29.9)	16 (80)	4 (20)
				AT + PD	21 (31.3)	15 (71)	6 (29)
				AT + ST	26 (38.8)	24 (92)	2 (8)
Lee et al. [15]	2011	1993–2008	18	AT alone	8 (44.4)	8 (100)	0 (0)
				AT + PD	4 (22.2)	2 (50)	2 (50)
				AT + ST	6 (33.3)	5 (83.3)	1 (16.7)
Liu et al. [7]	2014	2000–2011	28	AT alone	18 (64.3)	17 (94.4)	1 (5.6)
				AT + PD	5 (17.9)	3 (60)	2 (40)
				AT + ST	4 (14.3)	4 (100)	0 (0)
				AT + PD + SD	1 (3.5)	0 (0)	1 (100)
Present study	—	2012–2016	16	AT alone	11 (68.7)	9 (81.8)	2 (18.2)
				AT + PD	4 (25)	4 (100)	0 (0)
				AT + ST	1 (6.3)	1 (100)	0 (0)

AT: antimicrobial therapy; PD: percutaneous drainage; ST: splenectomy.