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Table 6 Risk of death in patients treated with penicillin-G/V monotherapy

From: Penicillin treatment for patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Denmark: a retrospective cohort study

 

Univariate

Multivariatea

OR (CI)

P-value

OR (CI)

P-value

In hospital mortality

 Penicillin-G/V monotherapy

0.62 (0.41–0.93)

0.02

0.92 (0.55–1.53)

0.74

 broad-spectrum (ref)

1

-

1

-

90 day mortality

 Penicillin-G/V monotherapy

0.58 (0.43–0.80)

0.0008

0.77 (0.52–1.14)

0.19

 broad spectrum (ref)

1

-

1

-

  1. aAdjusted for CURB-65, number of co-morbidities (0, 1 or >1), admission to an intensive care unit (Y/N) and age
  2. OR (CI) odds ratio with 95% confidence interval. Cases used in the adjusted analysis: 1122
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