Table 4

Concomitant treatments. Results are shown as the number of patients receiving each treatment

	Ciprofloxacin group (n=36)	Placebo group (n=35)
Glucocorticoids
Systemic	6	4
Intra-articular	22^4-151	18^4-151
NSAIDs^4-150	36	34
DMARDs^4-150
Sulfasalazine	7	3
Methotrexate	1	0
Systemic antimicrobial drugs
Before randomisation	22	21
Concomitant	4	5
Other drugs	9	10

↵4-150 NSAIDs = non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; DMARDs = disease modifying antirheumatic drugs.
↵4-151 In the ciprofloxacin group the total number of intra-articular injections given was 96 and in the placebo group 62.