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Table 3 The appropriate prescription in patients receiving prophylactic antimicrobials and the proven infection, clinically and microbiologically appropriate treatment ratios in patients that were treated for an infection.

From: A multicenter point-prevalence study: antimicrobial prescription frequencies in hospitalized patients in turkey

  

n

%

Prophylactic antimicrobial use

Appropriate

671

52.46*

 

Inappropriate

423

33.07*

 

Not reported

185

14.46

 

TOTAL

1279

 

Clinically

Proven infection

807

57.15

 

Appropriate

869

61.54**

 

Inappropriate

364

25.77**

 

Not reported

179

12.67

 

TOTAL

1412

100

Microbiologically

Appropriate

274

84.04***

 

Inappropriate

52

15.95***

 

Not reported

88

6.23

 

TOTAL

414****

100

 

No microbiological data

986

69.83

  1. *t = 9.91, SD = 1092, p < 0.00
  2. **t = 19.16, SD = 1231, p < 0.001
  3. *** t = 15.79, SD = 324, p < 0.001
  4. ****The microbiological data was not available for all patients.