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Table 2 Clinical outcomes of patients on different antimicrobial therapy

From: A review of clinical profile, complications and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Salmonella Typhi isolates in children in Karachi

Antimicrobial group n (%)

Cured (266)

n (%)

Died (4)

n (%)

Unknown outcomes (410)

n (%)

Response within 14 days (234)

Response after 14 days (32)

Azithromycin only

69 (29.5)

3 (9.4)

41 (10)

Combination of Azithromycin and Meropenem

63 (26.9)

13 (40.6)

1 (25)

5 (1.2)

Meropenem only

12 (5.1)

3 (9.4)

2 (50)

10 (2.4)

Cefixime

3 (1.3)

26 (6.3)

Ceftriaxone

3 (1.3)

1 (3.1)

74 (18)

Ciprofloxacin

1 (0.4)

 

Other combinations*

70 (29.9)

11 (34.4)

1 (25)

36 (8.8)

Not noted

13 (5.6)

1 (3.1)

218 (53.2)

  1. *Other combinations included ceftriaxone and meropenem, ceftriaxone and azithromycin, imipenem and azithromycin