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Table 5 Cure rate [n (%)] of antibiotics in patients with CAP affected by atypical pathogens

From: Causative agent distribution and antibiotic therapy assessment among adult patients with community acquired pneumonia in Chinese urban population

Pathogens

β-lactam alone

β-lactam plus macrolides

or fluoroquinolone (alone

or combine with other

antibiotics)

MP, CP, MP+CP

25(62.5)

45(73.8)

MP+bacteria,

CP+bacteria,

MP+CP+bacteria

6(42.9)

25(75.8*)

LP or LP mixed with other pathogens

8(61.5)

10(55.6)

  1. MP: Mycoplasma pneumoniae; CP: Chlamydophila pneumoniae; LP: Legionella pneumophila
  2. *compared to β-lactam alone, p = 0.045