Table 4.
Efficacy of antibiotics for treatment in 98 patients with Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia
| Variables | All patients (N = 98) |
Quinolones group (N = 52) |
Non-quinolones group(N = 46) |
p values (< 0.050) |
Tetracyclines group(N = 24) |
Non-tetracyclines group(N = 74) |
p values (< 0.050) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICU | 47(48.0%) | 21(40.4%) | 26(56.5%) | 0.111 | 15(62.5%) | 32(43.2%) | 0.101 |
| Severe | 44(44.9%) | 20(38.5%) | 24(52.2%) | 0.173 | 11(45.8%) | 33(44.6%) | 0.916 |
| Death | 7(7.1%) | 3(5.77%) | 4(8.7%) | 0.575 | 2(8.3%) | 5(6.8%) | 0.794 |
| Hospital day | 16.3(0.8) | 13.8(1.0) | 18.8(1.1) | 0.001 | 19.2(1.4) | 15.3(0.9) | 0.014 |
| Fever duration day after antibiotics use | 3(2–5) | 3(1–4) | 4(2–7.5) | 0.019 | 3(1–5) | 3(2–5) | 0.579 |