Table 3.

Antibiotic course completion per infectious indication*

Infectious indication*	Pneumonia	Meningitis	Colitis/enteritis	Urinary tract infection§	Typhoid	Sepsis
Total number of evaluable courses	48	18	11	8	5	5
Courses truncated by discharge, n (%)	5 (10.4)	1 (5.6)	2 (18.2)	2 (25.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Courses truncated by in-house mortality, n (%)	7 (14.6)	6 (33.3)	0 (0.0)	1 (12.5)	1 (20.0)	2 (40.0)
Remaining courses†	36	11	9	5	4	3
Courses complete, n (%)	10 (27.8)	2 (18.1)	3 (33.3)	1 (20.0)	1 (25.0)	2 (66.7)
Courses incomplete, n (%)	26 (72.2)	9 (81.8)	6 (66.7)	4 (80.0)	3 (75.0)	1 (33.3)
Courses exceeding prescribed duration, n (%)‡	7 (19.4)	2 (18.1)	2 (22.2)	1 (20.0)	1 (25.0)	0 (0.0)
Average number of missed doses	1.7	3.4	1.9	1.1	1.4	0.6

* Includes the six most commonly treated infections.

† Excludes those courses truncated by discharge or in-house mortality.

‡ These are included in the “Courses Complete” column totals.

§ Includes both uncomplicated and complicated/pyelonephritis.