Table 1.

Hierarchy of recommendations related to antimicrobial resistance in empirical therapy

Satisfactory: An alternative empirical antibiotic recommendation was supported by our country-specific resistance patterns findings

Partial satisfactory: An alternative empirical antibiotic therapy recommendation was supported by inconsistent resistance patterns, which is not a country-specific finding

Unsatisfactory: The empirical antibiotic recommendation did not support any resistance patterns or was not justified by country-specific resistance patterns