Clinical Characteristics Associated with Antibiotic Treatment Failure for Tuboovarian Abscesses

Table 4

Outcomes by treatment group.

	MED; ()	MED/IRD; (); ()	IRD; (); ()	SURG; (); ()
Length of stay (days) (mean ± SD)	4.59 (2.4)	4.85 (3.02); 0.6	9.47 (7.43); 0.002	6.77 (4.13); 0.006
Duration of inpatient antibiotics (days) (mean ± SD)	4.47 (7.19)	3.54 (2.75); 0.53	7.77 (6.21); 0.14	5.71 (4.09); 0.51
Duration of outpatient antibiotics (days) (mean ± SD)	13.7 (3.84)	13.3 (4.03); 0.79	12.2 (2.8); 0.24	11.2 (3.3); 0.04

MED is reference group for comparisons.
⁢ < 0.05 denotes statistical significance.
MED: intravenous antibiotic treatment only.
MED/IRD: initial interventional radiology drainage with concurrent intravenous antibiotics.
IRD: failed intravenous antibiotic treatment requiring subsequent interventional radiology drainage.
SURG: initial surgical intervention.