Table 2.

Thirty-day outcomes for patients

	Oral fluoroquinolone step down (n = 130)	Oral beta-lactam step down (n = 77)	p-value
Primary Outcome
Clinical cure	127 (98)	72 (94)	0.13
Secondary Outcomes
30-day mortality	1 (1)	0 (0)	0.43
CDI	1 (1)	1 (1)	1
Length of hospitalization, median, days (IQR)	6 (3.25–9)	6 (4–10)	0.43

Data are number (percentage) of patients unless otherwise indicated

Abbreviation: CDI Clostridioides difficile infection