The Misuse of Ciprofloxacin In Outpatient Treatment of Acute Uncomplicated Cystitis (AUC) | Zendy

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The Misuse of Ciprofloxacin In Outpatient Treatment of Acute Uncomplicated Cystitis (AUC)

Author(s) -

Dinh Trung Nguyen,

Jana Dickter,

Richard F Guo,

Philomena Cho

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofv133.41

Subject(s) - medicine , ciprofloxacin , acute cystitis , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , urinary system , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Dinh Nguyen Kaiser Permanente Fontana Family Medicine Residency Program 9961 Sierra Avenue Fontana, CA 92335 909-427-5084 (office) 494 patient charts met criteria to be included in the study. Chart review revealed that ciprofloxacin prescription was inappropriate in 464/494 cases or 94% of the time (95% CI 455 to 472). The reasons that it was inappropriate were: 297/494 (60%): no previous urine culture showing resistance to other antibiotics (95% CI 288 to 305). 418/494 (85%): inappropriate Ciprofloxacin dosage (95% CI 409 to 426). 49/494 (10%): h/o UTI with resistance to ciprofloxacin (95% CI 40 to 57). Furthermore, 85% of the time (95% CI 410 to 427), the duration of ciprofloxacin therapy was incorrect as the range of days prescribed was 7 to 10 days.

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