Outpatient prescribing and prophylactic antibiotic use for recurrent urinary tract infections in British Columbia, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common infections, has frequent recurrences, and may debilitate quality of life. UTI is considered recurrent if there are three individual cases of UTI within 12 months. The objective of this study was to set a baseline for recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTI) in women, and rUTI-associated antibiotic prescribing in the presence of antimicrobial stewardship efforts.

Methods

Data for rUTI in women were organized through a provincial prescription database, physician billing system, and a consolidation file to combine antibiotic prescribing, diagnoses, and patient demographics. Rates of rUTI cases and prescriptions were examined, and trends of antibiotics were separated by major anatomical therapeutic chemical cl

SUBMITTER: Saatchi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8631845 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature