Results
RECRUITMENT
Of 152 patients randomized, 71/74 (95.9%) randomized to oral antibiotics met the primary endpoint of clinical cure, compared with 72/78 (92.3%) randomized to IV antibiotics (risk difference, 3.6%; 2-sided 95% confidence interval, − 4.9% to 12.8%) thus meeting the pre-defined margin of non-inferiority. Of these, cost data was collected from 139 patients. Table Recruitment summary.Patient demographics.