Community Antibiotic Use, Susceptibility and ResisTance Among Patients With Urinary Tract Infections (CAST-UTI)
Comparison of Community and Hospital Antibiotic Use Practices, Susceptibility and ResisTance and Determinants of Care Seeking Among Patients With Urinary Tract Infections (CAST-UTI)
About This Trial
1. General objective This pilot study aims to compare the prevalence of resistance in bacteria causing UTIs among patients seeking care outside the hospital settings (CDROs) to the WHO-GLASS data. 2. Specific objectives 2-1 Primary objectives: * Determine the resistance profiles of uropathogens and carriage strains from patients with uncomplicated UTIs attending community drug retail outlets (CDRO's) and in hospitals\*. * Compare the resistance profiles of the uropathogens from patients with uncomplicated UTIs attending CDROs and hospitals to those in the WHO-GLASS database. * Explore the patient pathway and its impact on antibiotic use among patients presenting to CDROs and hospitals with uncomplicated UTIs. * Determine the appropriateness of antimicrobial use in the treatment of uncomplicated UTIs among patients presenting to CDROs and hospitals 2-2 Secondary objectives: * Compare resistance profiles among the uropathogens from patients from two neighbourhoods in Kampala. * Examine environmental samples between the study sites to determine the presence of antibiotic residues and AMR two neighbourhoods in Kampala.