A descriptive analysis of outpatient antibiotic use for urinary tract infections in Virginia

According to the 2017 Virginia urine cumulative antibiogram,8 the susceptibilities of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa to ciprofloxacin were 77%, 95%, and 80%, respectively, and the susceptibilities to levofloxacin were 76%, 95%, and 78%, respectively. [...]instances that individuals chose to pay out-of-pocket were not included and therefore, our data might underestimate overall outpatient antibiotic prescribing. [...]this is the first systematic description of outpatient antibiotic prescribing trends for UTIs in the state of Virginia.