Figure 2.
(a) Forest plot comparing treatment failure of reference treatment (penicillin/gentamicin im for 7 days) with switch regimen (penicillin/gentamicin im for 2 days followed by oral amoxicillin for 5 days). The regimens used are further described in Table 3. (b) Forest plot comparing mortality of reference treatment (penicillin/gentamicin im for 7 days) with switch regimen (penicillin/gentamicin im for 2 days followed by oral amoxicillin for 5 days). The regimens used are further described in Table 3. PEN, penicillin; GEN, gentamicin.