Appropriateness of urine culture requests in primary care in Spain: A cross-sectional descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Studies evaluating urine culture requests in our country have highlighted a high rate of requests that fall outside the indications specified in clinical guidelines. We evaluated the current degree of inadequacy in the request of urine cultures and how this influences the therapeutic decisions of general practitioners.

Design

Cross-sectional descriptive study.

Setting

Three primary care centres in Tarragona area.

Participants

Urine culture requests from the adult population≥18 years old, received at the Microbiology Service of the reference hospital in 2022. All requests were made in primary care settings.

Main measures

The collected variables included sociodemographic data, urinary tract infection (UTI) symptoms at the time of the urine cultur

SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Garcia S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11772953 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature