Table 3

Cellulitis outcome

Variable		Benzylpenicillin + flucloxacilin						Flucloxacillin alone						Mean difference		p
Variable		Mean		n		95% CI		Mean		n		95% CI		Mean difference		p
Total no. of doses of antibiotic received		8.47		38		7.09 to 9.86		8.71		38		6.90 to 10.5		−0.24 (−2.48 to 2.01)		0.83
Temperature drop (day 1–day 0) (°C)		0.36		35		−0.24 to 0.95		0.42		32		0.06 to 0.80		−0.07 (−0.76 to 0.62)		0.84
Diameter decrease (day 1–day 0) (mm)		36		26		−20 to 92		69		22		33 to 105		−34 (−99 to 31)		0.30
Diameter decrease (day 2–day 0) (mm)		95		13		35 to 155		46		12		−6.0 to 99		48 (−27 to 124)		0.20