Table 5. Comparison of Antibiotic Management.
Treatment characteristics | Survivors N = 187 (%) |
Non-survivors N = 16 (%) |
P value |
---|---|---|---|
Macrolides | 124 (66.3) | 3 (18.8) | 0.0003 |
Quinolones | 14 (7.5) | 1 (6.2) | 1.000 |
Both: macrolides and quinolones | 16 (8.5) | 2 (12.5) | 0.639 |
Either | 138 (73.8) | 6 (37.5) | 0.007 |
No antibiotics to cover for mycoplasma | 33 (17.6) | 10 (62.5) | 0.0002 |
Appropriate antibiotic | 154 (82.3) | 6 (37.5) | 0.0002 |
Appropriate antibiotics after 24 h | 14 (7.5) | 1 (6.2) | 1.000 |
Days of appropriate antibiotic | 5.82 ± 3.45 (N = 154) | 6.33 ± 5.47 (N = 6) | T = 0.347; P = 0.729 |