Management of urinary tract infection by early-career general practitioners in Australia.

Abstract

RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common presentation to general practitioners (GPs). There is increasing antimicrobial resistance in urinary pathogens in many healthcare systems. Adherence to principles of antimicrobial stewardship is important to combat this problem. Our aim was to describe the prevalence of presentations of clinically diagnosed new UTI to early-career GPs, to describe management choices made, and to identify associations of prescribing antibiotics at the index consultation for UTI. METHOD: This is a cross-sectional analysis of the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training cohort study. Early-career GPs from five Australian states (urban t..