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Table 4 Summary of treatment-emergent AEs (CE population)

From: Early improvement in severely ill patients with pneumonia treated with ceftobiprole: a retrospective analysis of two major trials

Number of patients with ≥ 1,

n (%)

All patients

High-risk

CAP

HAP (excluding VAP)

CAP

HAP (excluding VAP)

Ceftobiprole

(n = 231)

Ceftriaxone ± linezolid

(n = 238)

Ceftobiprole

(n = 198)

Ceftazidime plus linezolid (n = 185)

Ceftobiprole

(n = 193)

Ceftriaxone ± linezolid

(n = 205)

Ceftobiprole

(n = 169)

Ceftazidime plus linezolid (n = 138)

AE

163 (70.6)

149 (62.6)

141 (71.2)

140 (75.7)

138 (71.5)

133 (64.9)

126 (74.6)

112 (81.2)

SAE

23 (10.0)

24 (10.1)

53 (26.8)

39 (21.1)

21 (10.9)

22 (10.7)

51 (30.2)

33 (23.9)

Treatment-related AE

82 (35.5)

61 (25.6)

51 (25.8)

49 (26.5)

70 (36.3)

57 (27.8)

46 (27.2)

43 (31.2)

Treatment-related SAE

2 (0.9)

3 (1.3)

7 (3.5)

3 (1.6)

2 (1.0)

2 (1.0)

7 (4.1)

3 (2.2)

SAE leading to death

3 (1.3)

6 (2.5)

27 (13.6)

28 (15.1)

3 (1.6)

6 (2.9)

26 (15.4)

25 (18.1)

  1. AE adverse event, CAP community-acquired pneumonia, CE clinically evaluable, HAP hospital-acquired pneumonia, SAE serious adverse event, VAP ventilator-associated pneumonia