Skip to main content
. 2012 Sep 12;2012(9):CD004418. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004418.pub4

Carbon 1992.

Methods Randomized 
 Multicenter
Participants Adults (mean age: 55) 
 Hospitalized 
 CAP (severe pneumonia excluded)
Interventions Atypical: PO temafloxacin 600 mg X 2/d 
 Non‐atypical: PO amoxicillin 500 mg X 3/d
Outcomes Failure = persistence of symptoms or signs, treatment modification 
 Modification = failure
Notes Severe pneumonia excluded
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not described
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not described
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 Mortality Low risk All patients evaluated
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 Failure High risk 243/246 patients evaluated
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Not identified
Other bias High risk Not ITT
Sponsored
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Double‐blind
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Double‐blind