Different antibiotic regimes in men diagnosed with lower urinary tract infection - a retrospective register-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the proportion of therapy failure, recurrence and complications within 30 days after consultation between men diagnosed with lower urinary tract infection (UTI) treated with narrow-spectrum antibiotics (nitrofurantoin or pivmecillinam) and broad-spectrum antibiotics (fluoroquinolones or trimethoprim or trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole).

Design

A retrospective cohort study based on data derived from electronic medical records between January 2012 and December 2015.

Setting

Primary health care and hospital care in five different counties in Sweden. Patients: A total of 16,555 men aged between 18 and 79 years diagnosed with lower UTI.

Main outcome measures

Treatment with narrow-spectrum antibiotics was compared with broad-spectrum antibiot

SUBMITTER: Kornfalt Isberg H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7470089 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature