Table 5.

Total cure rate by treatment strategy and time of examination

Day of examination and bacteriological status at day 0	Treatment strategy
	Individualised homeopathy (n = 60)		Placebo (n=60)		Antibiotic (n=60)
	n/n	%	n/n	%	n/n	%
Positive (n=120)
Day 7	0/40*	0.0	1/38	2.6	1/42	2.4
Day 14	3/40	7.5	1/38	2.6	5/42	11.9
Day 28	1/40†	2.5†	5/38†	13.2†	9/42†	21.4†
Negative (n=60)
Day 7	2/20	10.0	6/22	27.3	3/18	16.7
Day 14	5/20	25.0	6/22	27.3	6/18	33.3
Day 28	5/20	25.0	8/22	36.4	5/18	27.8

Results are given in number of total cures out of cases treated (n/n) and in % of all cases treated.

*Values in roman font did not differ significantly in total cure rates (P>0.05).

†Values in italics show significant differences in total cure rates (P<0.05).