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Table 4 Microbiologic Response for Common Respiratory Pathogens at Test-of-Cure Visit in the ME Population

From: Efficacy and safety of tigecycline versus levofloxacin for community-acquired pneumonia

 

Tigecycline

Levofloxacin

Isolate

n/N

%

(95% CI)

n/N

%

(95% CI)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

46/50

92.0

(80.8, 97.8)

32/36

88.9

(73.9, 96.9)

Penicillin-intermediate S. pneumoniae

3/3

100

(29.2,100)

5/5

100

(47.8, 100)

Penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae

2/2

100

(15.8, 100)

3/3

100

(29.2, 100)

Haemophilus influenzae

8/11

72.7

(39.0, 94.0)

6/7

85.7

(42.1, 99.6)

Haemophilus parainfluenzae

5/5

100

(47.8, 100)

9/9

100

(66.4, 100)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

4/4

100

(39.8, 100)

7/7

100

(59.0, 100)

Staphylococcus aureus (all non-MRSA)

7/9

77.8

(40.0, 97.2)

6/6

100

(54.1, 100)

Chlamydia pneumoniae

5/5

100

(47.8, 100)

11/11

100

(71.5, 100)

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

24/25

96.0

(79.6, 99.9)

22/24

91.7

(73.0, 99.0)

Legionella pneumophila

3/3

100

(29.2, 100)

5/5

100

(47.8, 100)

  1. MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus