Process-of-care | Conventional Bacteria (N = 163) | Atypical Agents (N = 151) | Virus (N = 41) | Mixed Infection (N = 35) | Pvalue║ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antibiotics prescribed | 0.0004 | ||||
Betalactam | 39 (23.9) | 33 (22.3) | 9 (22.5) | 4 (11.4) | |
Macrolide | 3 (1.8) | 24 (16.2) | 5 (12.5) | 3 (8.6) | |
Betalactam/macrolide | 19 (11.7) | 5 (3.4) | 4 (10) | 0 (0) | |
Fluoroquinolone | 99 (60.7) | 85 (57.4) | 22 (55) | 28 (80) | |
Others | 3 (1.8) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Taking antibiotics prior to diagnosis | 25 (16.1) | 27 (18.9) | 7 (18) | 7 (20.6) | 0.9 |
Appropriate antibiotic therapy according to Spanish guidelines* | 121 (74.2) | 89 (60.1) | 26 (65) | 28 (80) | 0.02 |
Appropriate antibiotic therapy according to American guidelines* | 123 (75.5) | 113 (76.4) | 31 (77.5) | 31 (88.6) | 0.4 |
Antibiotics within 8 hours† | 111 (91.7) | 34 (87.2) | 8 (61.5) | 21 (100) | 0.002 |
Duration of antibiotic therapy after diagnosis, mean (SD), days‡ | 10 (2.5) | 10.3 (2.1) | 10.2 (1.5) | 9 (2.6) | 0.03 |
Duration of intravenous therapy after diagnosis, mean (SD), days†‡ | 3.2 (3) | 2.4 (2.1) | 2.5 (1.8) | 2.2 (1.4) | 0.3 |