Table 4:

Patient behaviours of 122 breakthrough rabies infections with and without deviations from core practices

	Breakthrough infection with reported or possible deviation from core practices (n=68)*		Breakthrough infection without deviation from core practices (n=54)*
	N	Median (IQR)	N	Median (IQR)
Time from exposure to wound care, days	8	0 (0–1)	39	0 (0–0)
Time from exposure to vaccine administration, days	61	1 (0–2)	54	0 (0–2)
Time from exposure to rabies immunoglobulin administration, days	25	0 (0–2)	39	0 (0–2)
Patient did not return for additional doses of vaccine	68	2 (3%)†	54	0 (0%)†

Data are N, median (IQR) range, or n (%).

^*Breakthrough infections without deviations in core practices were defined as those for which studies reported wound cleaning (regardless of wound cleaning thoroughness), studies did not indicate a concern with the injection site of rabies vaccines (ie, about incorrect administration into the gluteal muscle), and the current authors could determine that vaccine doses had been given according to a validated vaccine schedule. Breakthrough infections with known or possible post-exposure prophylaxis deviations included those with deviations or possible deviations from at least one of the core practices.

^†n (%).