Table 2. Time from hospital admission for patients who had streptococcal toxic shock syndrome with and without rash and treatments received, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 2010–2017.

Time from admission, d	Rash, mean (± SD)	No rash, mean (± SD)	Ratio of geometric means (95% CI)	p value
Start of antimicrobial drugs	0.45 (0.49)	1.08 (1.57)	0.47 (0.16–1.40)	0.17
Start of clindamycin	0.87 (0.61)	3.37 (2.36)	0.24 (0.10–0.59)	<0.05
Start of intravenous immunoglobulin	1.47 (0.60)	1.48 (0.49)	0.97 (0.58–1.60)	0.89