Table 4 shows the observed success and error detection rates of GIMME, together with the estimated success and error detection rates for RNMDSO.
GIMME has a success rate of 93.8% for routes with 25 segments, whereas the estimated success rate for RNMDSO is only 90.5%.
For routes with 25 segments, GIMME has a success rate of 93.8%, whereas the estimated success rate for RNMDSO is only 90.5%.
For a number of segments in the range of 1 to 20, the success rate of GIMME degrades more slowly with the number of segments than the success rate of RNMDSO: e.g. for routes with 20 segments, GIMME has a success rate of 98.0%, whereas the estimated success rate for RNMDSO is only 92.3%, a difference of 5.7%.
When mapping longer linear routes consisting of 20 road segments between the two maps, GIMME showed a success rate of 98.0%, whereas the estimated success rate of the RNM-based approach with DSO (" RNMDSO") is only 92.3%, a difference of 5.7%.
The root rather than the whole tooth was used as the entity for measurements in this study and several previous outcome studies [ 2, 12], which has a tendency to over-estimate success rates [ 27, 28].
If pivmecillinam had been considered active in vivo on S. saprophyticus infections, the estimated success rates of pivmecillinam treatments would have reached 81% in our series.
Also, the estimated success rate of 86.80% in the 0.75 mg group was significantly lower than the 92.99% for the 1.5 mg group (Table 3).
Derived from previous studies the estimated success rate of surgical management is 60% [ 9, 24, 44] and conservative management 40% [ 9, 18, 20, 24] at 2 years of follow-up.
