The percentage of antibiotic resistance in uncomplicated community-acquired urinary tract infections—findings of the RedAres project

Uncomplicated bacterial urinary tract infections(uUTIs) are commonly seen in outpatient practice. They are usuallytreated empirically with antibiotics. The pertinent German ClinicalPractice Guideline contains recommendations on antibiotic selection,with the additional advice that the local resistance situationshould be considered as well. However, up-to-date information onlocal resistance is often unavailable, because microbiological testingis mainly recommended for complicated UTIs. Resistance ratesare often higher in recurrent uUTIs than in single episodes. In thisstudy, we aimed to determine the resistance rates of Escherichiacoli (E. coli) in patients with community-acquired uUTIs and tomake these data available to the treating physicians.