Table 3.
Outcome variable | Drug | N (patients) | Group comparison | Adjusted/conditional group comparison* | |||||
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% Experiencing outcome | P ^ | % Experiencing outcome | Coefficient | Std. error | Odds ratio (95% CI) | P | |||
Clinical cure | Ertapenem | 55 | 96.4 | .091 | 96.8 | −1.823 | 0.896 | 0.16 (0.03-0.94) | .042 |
Cefoxitin | 30 | 83.3 | 83.2 | ||||||
Microbiological cure | Ertapenem | 16 | 100.0 | .192 | 100.0 | −19.130 | 4077.160 | $ | .996 |
Cefoxitin | 13 | 84.6 | 88.6 | ||||||
Vasopressor use (in critically ill patients) | Ertapenem | 55 | 12.7 | .250 | 12.8 | −1.497 | 1.101 | 0.22 (0.03-1.94) | .174 |
Cefoxitin | 30 | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||||||
Relapse/recurrence within 30 days | Ertapenem | 55 | 18.2 | .999 | 18.1 | −0.133 | 0.611 | 0.88 (0.26-2.90) | .828 |
Cefoxitin | 29 | 17.2 | 16.2 | ||||||
Relapse/recurrence within 90 days | Ertapenem | 55 | 34.5 | .070 | 34.8 | −1.229 | 0.613 | 0.29 (0.09-0.97) | .045 |
Cefoxitin | 29 | 13.8 | 13.5 | ||||||
Mortality within 90 days | Ertapenem | 55 | 0.0 | .122 | 0.0 | 21.539 | 5243.711 | $ | .997 |
Cefoxitin | 30 | 6.7 | 1.8 |
Calculated using Fisher’s exact test.
Adjusted/conditional group differences performed by including the Charlson Comorbidity Index as a covariate in the logistic regression model.
Unidentified due to perfect alignment in 1 or more cells.