Volume 9, Number 10—October 2003
Letter
Antimicrobial Drug-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium (Reply to Helms)
Jan Dahl*
Table 1
Table
| Resistant |
Susceptible |
p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths/cases | RRb (95% CI) | Deaths/cases | RRb (95% CI) | |||
| Penta with and without quinolone |
12/283 |
4.8 (2.2 to 10.5) |
47/1,764 |
2.1 (1.5 to 2.9) |
0,06 |
|
| Penta with quinolone |
5/40 |
13.1 (3.3 to 51.9) |
47/1,764 |
2.1 (1.5 to 2.9)c |
0,01d |
|
| Penta without quinolone | 7/243 | 2.9 (1.1 to 7.9) | 47/1764 | 2.1 (1.5 to 2.9)c | 0,55cd | |
aRR, relative risk; CI, confidence interval. bAdjusted for coexisting conditions. cCompared to the non-penta group. dApproximations based on the parameters from the table.
