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. 2018 Feb 22;32(2):743–751. doi: 10.1111/jvim.15048

Table 6.

Treatment decisions made for 62 dogs with in‐house culture results registered.

First DTT In‐House Culture Result Final DTT Coherence
Empiric antibiotics prescribed
(n = 43)		 Positive
(n = 32)		 Unchanged
(n = 32)		 100% (32/32)
Negative
(n = 11)		 Unchanged
(n = 8)		 27% (3/11)
De‐escalate
(n = 3)
No antibiotics prescribed
(n = 19)		 Positive
(n = 12)		 Escalate
(n = 12)		 100% (12/12)
Negative
(n = 7)		 Unchanged
(n = 7)		 100% (7/7)

Treatment decisions made by veterinarians during consultation first treatment decision (first DTT), their in‐house culture results and the final treatment decision (final DTT) made after culture results were available. Escalation is defined as decision change from no antibiotic to antibiotic treatment. De‐escalation is defined as decision change from antibiotic to no antibiotic. Coherence is the proportion of final treatment decisions after the result of in‐house culture results: (i) prescription of antibiotics to dogs with positive culture results and (ii) no antibiotics prescribed to dogs with negative culture results.