Abstract
Uncomplicated urinary tract infections are commonly encountered in primary care and frequently lead to empirical antibiotic prescriptions. The development of antibiotic resistance in the community explains treatment failures observed with commonly-prescribed drugs such as quinolones and co-trimoxazole. This article describes the epidemiology of antibiotic resistance among pathogens causing uncomplicated urinary tract infections and the consequences in terms of recommendations for empirical antibiotic therapy.
MeSH terms
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
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Biota*
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Drug Resistance, Microbial / physiology*
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Humans
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Internal Medicine / methods
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Internal Medicine / trends*
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Metagenome / physiology
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Practice Guidelines as Topic
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Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data
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Practice Patterns, Physicians' / trends
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Pyelonephritis / etiology
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Pyelonephritis / microbiology
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Pyelonephritis / therapy
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Urinary Tract Infections / epidemiology
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Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology
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Urinary Tract Infections / therapy*