Post-Emergency Optimization of UTI Antibiotic Therapy: Fluoroquinolones and Third-Generation Cephalosporins Under the Spotlight
Prospective, multicenter, non-interventional study conducted over 6 months, including patients presenting to the emergency department with suspected urinary tract infection managed as outpatients and discharged with or without empiric antibiotic therapy. Discharge antibiotic prescriptions are reviewed, with subsequent reassessment and optimization of treatment based on urine culture and susceptibility results
• Age 18 years or over
• Patients presenting at emergency department, with symptoms suggestive of a urinary tract infection suitable for outpatient management (uncomplicated cystitis or cystitis at risk of complications, uncomplicated pyelonephritis or pyelonephritis at risk of complications, male urinary tract infection with or without fever) who have had a urine culture taken