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Variations in presentation, management, and patient outcomes of urinary tract infection: A prospective four-country primary care observational cohort study

Variations in presentation, management, and patient outcomes of urinary tract infection: A prospective four-country primary care observational cohort study
Variations in presentation, management, and patient outcomes of urinary tract infection: A prospective four-country primary care observational cohort study
Aim: To describe presentation and management of urinary tract infection in primary care settings, and explore the association with patient recovery, taking microbiological findings and case mix into account. Design and setting: Prospective observational study of women with symptoms of uncomplicated UTI presenting to primary care networks in England, Wales, the Netherlands, and Spain. Method: Clinicians recorded history, symptom severity, management, and requested mid-stream urine culture. Participants recorded symptom severity each day for 14 days in a diary. Time to recovery was compared between patient characteristics and between countries using two-level Cox proportional hazards models, with patients nested within practices. Results: 797 women attending primary care networks in England (246 (30·9%)), Wales (213 (26·7%)), the Netherlands (133 (16·7%)) and Spain (205 (25·7%)) were included. 259 (35·7%, 95% CI 32·3 to 39·2) were urine culture positive for UTI. Pathogens and antibiotic sensitivities were similar. Empirical antibiotics were prescribed for > 90% of women in England, Wales and Spain, but lower in the Netherlands. There were no meaningful differences at a country network level before and after controlling for severity, prior UTIs, and antibiotic prescribing. Conclusion: Variation in presentation and management of uncomplicated UTI at a country primary care network level is clinically unwarranted and highlights lack of consensus concerning optimal symptom control and antibiotic .prescribing.
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Pickles, Timothy
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Butler, Christopher C. Butler, Francis, Nick, Thomas-Jones, Emma, Llor, Carl, Bongard, Emily J., Moore, Michael, Little, Paul, Bates, Janine, Lau, Mandy, Pickles, Timothy, Gal, Micaela, Wootton, Mandy, Kirby, Nigel, Gillespie, David, Rumsby, Kate, Brugman, Curt, Hood, Kerenza and Verheij, Theo J.M. (2017) Variations in presentation, management, and patient outcomes of urinary tract infection: A prospective four-country primary care observational cohort study. British Journal of General Practice, 67 (665), e830-e841, [BJGP-2017-0197R]. (doi:10.3399/bjgp17X693641).

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Aim: To describe presentation and management of urinary tract infection in primary care settings, and explore the association with patient recovery, taking microbiological findings and case mix into account. Design and setting: Prospective observational study of women with symptoms of uncomplicated UTI presenting to primary care networks in England, Wales, the Netherlands, and Spain. Method: Clinicians recorded history, symptom severity, management, and requested mid-stream urine culture. Participants recorded symptom severity each day for 14 days in a diary. Time to recovery was compared between patient characteristics and between countries using two-level Cox proportional hazards models, with patients nested within practices. Results: 797 women attending primary care networks in England (246 (30·9%)), Wales (213 (26·7%)), the Netherlands (133 (16·7%)) and Spain (205 (25·7%)) were included. 259 (35·7%, 95% CI 32·3 to 39·2) were urine culture positive for UTI. Pathogens and antibiotic sensitivities were similar. Empirical antibiotics were prescribed for > 90% of women in England, Wales and Spain, but lower in the Netherlands. There were no meaningful differences at a country network level before and after controlling for severity, prior UTIs, and antibiotic prescribing. Conclusion: Variation in presentation and management of uncomplicated UTI at a country primary care network level is clinically unwarranted and highlights lack of consensus concerning optimal symptom control and antibiotic .prescribing.

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POETIC Stage 2 observational UTI study 27.04.17 - Accepted Manuscript
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In preparation date: 2017
Accepted/In Press date: 28 April 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 20 November 2017
Organisations: Primary Care & Population Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 408014
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/408014
ISSN: 0960-1643
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ORCID for Nick Francis: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7312
ORCID for Michael Moore: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5127-4509
ORCID for Paul Little: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3664-1873

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Author: Christopher C. Butler Butler
Author: Nick Francis ORCID iD
Author: Emma Thomas-Jones
Author: Carl Llor
Author: Emily J. Bongard
Author: Michael Moore ORCID iD
Author: Paul Little ORCID iD
Author: Janine Bates
Author: Mandy Lau
Author: Timothy Pickles
Author: Micaela Gal
Author: Mandy Wootton
Author: Nigel Kirby
Author: David Gillespie
Author: Kate Rumsby
Author: Curt Brugman
Author: Kerenza Hood
Author: Theo J.M. Verheij

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