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Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns and Guideline Concordance for Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections Among Adult Women in the US Military Health System

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Key Points Question What are the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guideline concordance rates in the treatment of uncomplicated acute cystitis with antibiotics, and are there differences in IDSA… Click to show full abstract

Key Points Question What are the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guideline concordance rates in the treatment of uncomplicated acute cystitis with antibiotics, and are there differences in IDSA guideline-concordance rates among various specialties? Findings In this cross-sectional study of 46 793 adult women in the US Military Health System, the IDSA guideline-concordance rate was 91%. The specialty fields of internal medicine, family medicine, primary care, surgery, and emergency medicine had higher IDSA concordance rates; urology as well as obstetrics and gynecology had lower IDSA concordance rates. Meaning In this study, IDSA concordance rates for uncomplicated cystitis were found to be higher than what has been previously reported with substantial variation among different specialties.

Keywords: concordance rates; adult women; concordance; guideline concordance; women military; medicine

Journal Title: JAMA Network Open
Year Published: 2022

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