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Table 2 Treatment of patients with COVID-19

From: Impact of COVID-19 on digestive system: prevalence, clinical characteristics, outcome, and relation to the severity of COVID-19

Characteristics

All patients

N=300

GI group

N=104

Non-GI group

N=196

P value

Treatment, n (%)

 Colchicine

26

(8.7)

10

(9.6)

16

(8.2)

0.67

 Antiviral

78

(26.0)

32

(30.8)

46

(23.5)

0.2

  HQ

69

(23.0)

31

(29.8)

38

(19.4)

0.04*

  Remdesivir

13

(4.3)

3

(2.9)

10

(5.1)

0.41

 Anti-IL6

10

(3.3)

5

(4.8)

5

(2.6)

0.32

 Macrolides

180

(60.0)

59

(56.7)

121

(61.7)

0.38

 Cephalosporines

155

(51.7)

48

(46.2)

107

(54.6)

0.21

 Penicillin

2

(0.7)

2

(1.9)

0

(0.0)

0.05

 Quinolones

42

(14.0)

18

(17.3)

24

(12.2)

0.22

 Carbapenems

155

(51.7)

50

(48.1)

105

(53.6)

0.37

 Linezolid

138

(46.0)

47

(45.2)

91

(46.4)

0.83

 Acyclovir

2

(0.7)

1

(1.0)

1

(0.5)

0.65

 Antifungal

10

(3.3)

4

(3.8)

6

(3.1)

0.72

 Racecadotril

1

(0.3)

1

(1.0)

0

(0.0)

0.17

 Rifaximin

11

(3.7)

10

(9.6)

1

(0.5)

0.000**

 Metronidazole

21

(7.0)

21

(20.2)

0

(0.0)

0.000**

 Nanazoxid

22

(7.3)

22

(21.2)

0

(0.0)

0.000**

  1. *Significant
  2. **Highly significant