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[Uncomplicated urinary tract infections: impact of increasing antibiotic resistance in the community].

Hospitalière et Unité cantonale HPCI - Hygiène prévention et contrôle de I'infection - Vaud CHUV, Lausanne.
Revue médicale suisse 04/2012; 8(338):878-81. pp.878-81
Source: PubMed

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.

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Keywords

antibiotic resistance
 
co-trimoxazole
 
commonly-prescribed drugs
 
empirical antibiotic prescriptions
 
empirical antibiotic therapy
 
pathogens
 
treatment failures
 
Uncomplicated urinary tract infections