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. 2025 Mar 27;16(4):1453–1464. doi: 10.1007/s41999-025-01185-0

Table 2.

Description of antibiotic treatment for UTIs and characteristics of residents receiving antibiotics

France Greece Lithuania Poland Spain Total
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Total antibiotic use 135 73 176 428 399 1211
 Here antibiotic use for UTI 55 (40.7) 17 (23.3) 43 (24.4) 156 (36.4) 237 (59.4) 508 (41.9)
Age of resident receiving antibiotic for UTI
 Under 85 10 (18.2) 4 (23.5) 34 (79.1) 120 (76.9) 76 (32.1) 244 (48.0)
 85 +  45 (81.8) 13 (76.5) 9 (20.9) 36 (23.1) 161 (67.9) 264 (52.0)
 Total 55 (100) 17 (100) 43 (100) 156 (100) 237 (100) 508 (100)
Sex
 Female 45 (81.8) 13 (76.5) 26 (60.5) 96 (61.5) 199 (84.0) 379 (74.6)
Type of treatment
 Start-up treatment 47 (85.5) 14 (82.4) 32 (74.4) 134 (85.9) 215 (90.7) 442 (87.0)
 Prophylaxis 2 (3.6) 3 (17.6) 1 (2.3) 4 (2.6) 8 (3.4) 18 (3.5)
 Extension of current treatment 6 (10.9) 0 (0) 9 (20.9) 16 (10.3) 10 (4.2) 41 (8.1)
 Unknown 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (1.3) 3 (1.3) 5 (1.0)
 Missing 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (2.3) 0 (0) 1 (0.4) 2 (0.4)
 Total 55 (100) 17 (100) 43 (100) 156 (100) 237 (100) 508 (100)
Indwelling urinary catheter
 Yes 5 (9.1) 14 (82.4) 17 (39.5) 71 (45.5) 20 (8.4) 127 (25)
 No 50 (90.9) 3 (17.6) 23 (53.5) 85 (54.5) 215 (90.7) 376 (74.0)
 Missing 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (7) 0 (0) 2 (0.8) 5 (1)
 Total 55 (100) 17 (100) 43 (100) 156 (100) 237 (100) 508 (100)
Type of antibiotic*
 Penicillin V or pivmecillinam 5 (9.1) 1 (5.9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 6 (1.2)
 Amoxicillin 5 (9.1) 0 (0) 1 (2.3) 0 (0) 4 (1.7) 10 (2.0)
 Amoxicillin + clavulanic acid 1 (1.8) 0 (0) 3 (7) 11 (7.1) 26 (11) 41 (8.1)
 Fosfomycin 12 (21.8) 1 (5.9) 0 (0) 5 (3.2) 119 (50.2) 137 (27)
 Nitrofurantoin 4 (7.3) 0 (0) 20 (46.5) 56 (35.9) 8 (3.4) 88 (17.3)
 Trimethoprim ± sulfonamide 5 (9.1) 0 (0) 4 (9.3) 3 (1.9) 7 (3) 19 (3.7)
 Macrolides or clindamycin 2 (3.6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (2.6) 1 (0.4) 7 (1.4)
 Cephalosporins 15 (27.3) 5 (29.4) 12 (27.9) 5 (3.2) 29 (12.2) 66 (13.0)
 Quinolones 7 (12.7) 6 (35.3) 6 (14) 64 (41) 33 (13.9) 116 (22.8)
 Other antibiotics 0 (0) 4 (23.5) 1 (2.3) 36 (23.1) 13 (5.5) 54 (10.6)

*More than one antibiotic may be prescribed; therefore, columns may summarize to more than 100%