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Table 7 Anti malarial and antibiotic treatment on admission versus outcome in probable severe malaria cases (n=393)

From: Severe malaria in Battambang Referral Hospital, an area of multidrug resistance in Western-Cambodia: a retrospective analysis of cases from 2006–2009

 Anti-malarial and antibiotic use

Total

Died

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

Only anti malarials

238

(61)

25

(11)

Only antibiotics

18

(5)

2

(11)

Antibiotics and anti malarials

107

(27)

22

(21)

No anti-malarials or antibiotics

30

(8)

6

(20)

Number and type of anti malarials

   

 At least one anti-malarial

345

(88)

47

(14)

 Two or more anti-malarials

15

(4)

2

(13)

 Artemether

324

(82)

44

(14)

 Artesunate + Mefloquine

13

(3)

0

(0)

 Chloroquine

10

(3)

1

(10)

 Quinine

9

(2)

3

(33)

 Mefloquine

4

(1)

1

(25)

 DHA+Piperaquine

2

(1)

0

(0)

 DHA

2

(1)

1

(50)

Number and type of antibiotics

  

 At least one antibiotic

125

(32)

24

(19)

 Two or more antibiotics

15

(4)

4

(27)

 Aminopenicillins

61

(16)

10

(16)

 Cephalosporins

37

(9)

14

(38)

 Ciprofloxacin

27

(7)

0

(0)

 Gentamycin

10

(3)

4

(40)

 Co-trimoxazole

4

(1)

0

(0)

 Metronidazole

4

(1)

0

(0)

 Tetracycline

1

(0)

0

(0)