Table 1. Characteristics of study participants according to treatment status.
| Characteristic | Total
N=168 |
Effective
treatment N=54 |
No effective
treatment N=114 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, median (IQR) | 33.6 (25.1-51.4) | 30.9 (24.2-52.0) | 36.6 (25.7-49.5) | 0.273 |
| Female sex | 131 (78.0) | 43 (79.6) | 88 (77.2) | 0.722 |
| HIV positive | 50 (33.8)) | 9 (18.4) | 41 (41.4) | 0.005 |
| Education (at least secondary) | 129 (76.8) | 40 (74.1) | 89 (78.1) | 0.567 |
| Pregnancy | 13 (10.6) | 2 (5.3) | 11 (12.9) | 0.201 |
| Time since the baseline visit | 8 (7-11) | 8 (7-10) | 8 (7-11) | 0.203 |
| Duration of symptoms | 6 (3-10) | 5 (3-7) | 7 (4-10) | 0.032 |
| Organism isolated (baseline)
E. coli Coliforms Enterococcus spp. Other |
137 (81.6) 21 (12.5) 8 (4.8) 2 (1.2) |
44 (81.5) 6 (11.1) 3 (5.6) 1 (1.9) |
93 (81.6) 15 (13.2) 5 (4.4) 1 (0.9) |
- |
| Symptoms at day 7
Resolved completely Partial resolution Same or worse |
59 (35.1) 64 (38.1) 45 (26.8) |
31 (57.4) 21 (38.9) 2 (0.4) |
28 (24.6) 43 (37.7) 43 (37.7) |
<0.001 |
IQR: interquartile range; 20 participants did not know/disclose their HIV status; eight women did not know if they were pregnant.