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Thorax 55:1033-1039 doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.1033
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Treatment of severe nosocomial pneumonia: a prospective randomised comparison of intravenous ciprofloxacin with imipenem/cilastatin

Table 3

Success rates for the clinical and bacteriological responses in the two study arms

Ciprofloxacin Imipenem p value3-150 (95% CI)
Clinical response:
 Success rate 29/41 (71%) 27/34 (79%) 0.435 (–10.8 to 28.1)
  Cure 17/41 (42%) 22/34 (65%)
  Improvement 12/41 (29%) 5/34 (14%)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa(n=26)
  Success rate 10/14 (71%) 8/12 (67%) 1.0 (–40.4 to 30.9)
 Enterobacteriaceae (n=9)
  Success rate 5/6 (83%) 2/3 (67%) 1.0 (–77.8 to 44.4)
Bacteriological response:
 Success 20/41 (49%) 17/34 (50%) 1.0 (–21.5 to 23.9)
  Eradication 7/41 (17%) 10/34 (29%)
  Presumed eradication 13/41 (32%) 7/34 (21%)
 Failure 21/41 (51%) 17/34 (50%)
  Persistence 2/41 (5%) 8/34 (24%)
  Superinfection 9/41 (22%) 5/34 (15%)
  Presumed failure 10/41 (24%) 4/34 (11%)
 Pseudomonas aeruginosa(n=26)
  Success rate 7/14 (50%) 3/12 (25%) 0.247 (–60.9 to 10.9)
 Enterobacteriaceae (n=9)
  Success rate 5/6 (83%) 1/3 (33%) 0.266 (–111.1 to 11.1)
  • In addition, subanalysis of patients withPseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacteriaceae in baseline culture are shown.

  • 3-150 p values calculated using χ2 test.

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