Table 4 Count and percentage of GPs requesting urine samples and prescribing antibiotics for each clinical scenario
Clinical scenarios | Number (%) of GPs requesting a specimen | Number (%) of GPs that would prescribe an antibiotic |
|---|---|---|
A. Treatment failure in a young women | 344/352 (98 %) | 284/353 (80 %) |
B. Probable uncomplicated UTI | 144/359 (40 %) | 270/345 (78 %) |
C. Probable UTI in an adult male | 348/354 (98 %) | 344/352 (98 %) |
D. Possible asymptomatic UTI in pregnancy | 341/353 (97 %) | 129/352 (37 %) |
E. Catheterised asymptomatic elderly female | 134/354 (38 %) | 5/348 (1 %) |