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Table 2 Clinical treatment, test results, and adherence to IDSA guidelines for 103 adults with uncomplicated UTI

From: A single center observational study on emergency department clinician non-adherence to clinical practice guidelines for treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections

Characteristics

Overall (n = 103)

Pyelonephritis (n = 36)

Cystitis (n = 67)

P-value

%

(95 % CI)

%

(95 % CI)

%

(95 % CI)

Provider

 Attending or PA

65.0

(55–74.2)

47.2

(30.4–64.5)

74.6

(62.5–84.5)

0.01

 Resident

35.0

(25.8–45)

52.8

(35.5–69.6)

25.4

(15.5–37.5)

Antibiotics prescribed

 Ciprofloxacin

59.2

(49.1–68.8)

47.2

(30.4–64.5)

65.7

(53.1–76.8)

0.09

 Nitrofurantoin

20.4

(13.1–29.5)

22.2

(10.1–39.2)

19.4

(10.8–30.9)

 TMP-SMX

18.4

(11.5–27.3)

25.0

(12.1–42.2)

14.9

(7.4–25.7)

 Other

1.9

(0.2–6.8)

5.6

0.7–18.7)

0.0

(0.0–5.4)

Urinalysis results

 Positive

76.7

(67.3–84.5)

72.2

(54.8–85.8)

79.1

(67.4–88.1)

0.43

 Negative

23.3

(15.5–32.7)

27.8

(14.2–45.2)

20.9

(11.9–32.6)

Culture results a

 Escherichia coli

60.6

(42.1–77.1)

50.0

(24.7–75.3)

70.6

(44–89.7)

0.23

 Other pathogen

39.4

(22.9–57.9)

50.0

(24.7–75.3)

29.4

(10.3–56)

Non-adherence to guidelines

63.1

(53.0–72.4)

63.9

(46.2–79.2)

62.7

(50–74.2)

0.90

  1. a Only includes cultures that had pathogen growth (n = 42)