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. 2021 Oct 20;13(10):e18916. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18916

Table 3. Treatment regimens and mortality rates in patients who received adequate treatment.

a,d: p=0.2, p=0.5; a,b: p=0.6, p=0.6; a,c: p=0.7, p=0.1; b,c: p=1,p=0.32; b,d: p=0.4,p=0.3  c,d: p=0.6, p=0.1 (p values are provided for 14th and 30th-day mortality)

TMP/SMX: Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, LEV: Levofloxacin

Treatment Number of patients 14th-day mortality n (%) 30th-day mortality n (%)
TMP/SMX + LEVᵅ 38 7 (18.4) 16 (42.1)
Regimens including TMP/SMX (except LEV)ᵇ 49 11 (22.4) 18 (36.7)
Regimens including LEV (except TMP/SMX) c 17 4 (23.5) 4 (23.5)
Other adequate treatment regimens without TMP/SMX or LEVᵈ 11 4 (36.3) 6 (54.5)
Total 115 26 (22.6) 44 (38.2)