The Performance of Direct Disk Diffusion for Community Acquired Bacteremia due to Gram-Negative Bacilli and Its Impact on Physician Treatment Decisions
Table 4
Physician response to direct susceptibility results.
Response
Appropriate response
Frequency
Percent
No change but empiric therapy correct
Yes
8
9.0
Changed from inappropriate therapy to appropriate therapy
Yes
5
5.6
No change, continued inappropriate therapy
No
2
2.2
Changed from appropriate therapy to inappropriate therapy
No
1
1.1
Should have changed to a narrower spectrum but did not
No
47
52.8
Correctly narrowed from appropriate broad coverage
Yes
18
20.2
Inappropriately broadened from appropriate empiric therapy
