Management of urinary tract infections: what do doctors recommend and patients do? An observational study in German primary care.
Ildikó GagyorStephanie Strube-PlaschkeKatrin RentzschWolfgang HimmelPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2020)
A substantial proportion of women did not follow their physicians' treatment recommendations, and many used NSAIDs. All women had a good chance of recovery irrespective of whether they decided to take antibiotics. A sensitive listening to patient preferences in the consultation may encourage physicians to recommend and prescribe symptomatic treatment with NSAID more often than antibiotic medicines.