Figure 1From: Strategies of initiation and streamlining of antibiotic therapy in 41 French intensive care unitsNumber and proportions of patients included in the study according to their antimicrobial therapy status. During their intensive care unit stay: (I) Patients never receiving any antimicrobial agents; (II) patients suspected of having bacterial infection and already receiving antibiotic treatment at the time of admission; (III) patients receiving antibiotic therapy for a known infection with identification and susceptibility testing of the pathogen at the time of admission; (IV) patients receiving new antibiotic therapy for suspicion of infection during their ICU stay.Back to article page