Comparison between short-course and long-course antimicrobial treatments for acute cholangitis with gram-positive coccus bacteremia after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Table 2 Outcomes between short-course and long-course antimicrobial treatment groups, n (%)

Outcomes	Short-course treatment (< 14 days) (n = 19)	Long-course treatment (≥ 14 days) (n = 25)	P value
30-day mortality	0 (0)	0 (0)
Recurrence of cholangitis within 3 months			1.000
Yes	1 (5.3)	2 (8.0)
No	18 (94.7)	23 (92.0)
Reinfection with the same organism within 3 months	0 (0)	0 (0)
Length of hospital stay (median, interquartile range)	12.0 (7.5-13.0)	14.0 (9.0-18.0)	0.092