Table 2– Proportions of antibiotic choice congruence to ERS/ESCMID guidelines for lower respiratory tract infection by network
Congruent prescribingCongruent nonprescribingNoncongruent prescribingNoncongruent nonprescribingTotal n
Bratislava, Slovakia177 (59.2)11 (3.7)85 (28.4)26 (8.7)299
Balatonfured, Hungary237 (74.1)7 (2.2)2 (0.6)74 (23.1)320
Lodz, Poland120 (54.3)36 (16.3)40 (18.1)25 (11.3)221
Cardiff, UK116 (64.1)16 (8.8)14 (7.7)35 (19.3)181
Milan, Italy95 (62.1)22 (14.4)26 (17.0)10 (6.5)153
Southampton, UK86 (51.2)26 (15.5)19 (11.3)37 (22.0)168
Jönköping, Sweden75 (33.8)59 (26.6)8 (3.6)80 (36.0)222
Utrecht, the Netherlands77 (39.5)43 (22.1)5 (2.6)70 (35.9)195
Rotenburg, Germany49 (27.1)42 (23.2)12 (6.6)78 (43.1)181
Mataro, Spain47 (26.3)75 (41.9)15 (8.4)42 (23.5)179
Tromsø, Norway42 (28.4)24 (16.2)3 (2.0)79 (53.4)148
Barcelona, Spain19 (11.2)105 (62.1)12 (7.1)33 (19.5)169
Antwerp, Belgium41 (25.0)40 (24.4)3 (1.8)80 (48.8)164
Helsinki, Finland36 (40.0)22 (24.4)3 (3.3)29 (32.2)90
Total1217 (45.2)528 (19.6)247 (9.2)698 (25.9)2690
  • Data are presented as n (%), unless otherwise stated. ERS: European Respiratory Society; ESCMID: European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.