Table 3– Proportions of antibiotic choice congruence to ERS/ESCMID guidelines for lower respiratory tract infection by network
Preferred#AlternativeNot recommendedTotal n
Bratislava, Slovakia29 (11.1)193 (73.7)40 (15.3)262
Balatonfured, Hungary57 (23.7)130 (53.9)54 (22.4)241
Lodz, Poland65 (30.2)119 (55.3)31 (14.4)215
Cardiff, UK163 (78.0)36 (17.2)10 (4.8)209
Milan, Italy15 (9.7)121 (78.1)19 (12.3)155
Southampton, UK112 (83.6)12 (9.0)10 (7.5)134
Jönköping, Sweden76 (66.7)7 (6.1)31 (27.2)114
Utrecht, the Netherlands74 (89.2)7 (8.4)2 (2.4)83
Rotenburg, Germany45 (57.0)21 (26.6)13 (16.5)79
Mataro, Spain12 (17.9)51 (76.1)4 (6.0)67
Tromsø, Norway31 (50.8)9 (14.8)21 (34.4)61
Barcelona, Spain15 (26.3)42 (73.7)0 (0.0)57
Antwerp, Belgium38 (67.9)14 (25.0)4 (7.1)56
Helsinki, Finland29 (67.4)11 (25.6)3 (7.0)43
Total761 (42.8)773 (43.5)242 (13.6)1776
  • Data are presented as n (%), unless otherwise stated. ERS: European Respiratory Society; ESCMID: European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. #: amoxicillin and tetracycline; : macrolides, amoxicillin–clavulanate, levofloxacillin and moxifloxacin.