Table 3.
Clinician advice about antibiotic treatment in response to Flexicult result
| Did the Flexicult result indicate that a UTI was present? | |||||
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| No | Yes | Missing | Total | ||
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| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| ‘Was patient’s management changed in response to the test result?’ | No | 78 (38.8) | 31 (33.0) | 2 (33.3) | 111 (36.9) |
| Yes | 123 (61.2) | 63 (67.0) | 4 (66.7) | 190 (63.1) | |
| Total | 201 (100.0) | 94 (100.0) | 6 (100.0) | 301 (100.0) | |
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| Change of management | No antibiotic needed/don’t start antibiotic | 14 (11.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 14 (7.4) |
| Stop taking antibiotic | 10 (8.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (5.3) | |
| Start taking antibiotic | 16 (13.0) | 11 (17.5) | 2 (50.0) | 29 (15.3) | |
| Continue with antibiotic | 35 (28.5) | 27 (42.9) | 1 (25.0) | 63 (33.2) | |
| New antibiotic prescribed | 48 (39.0) | 25 (39.7) | 1 (25.0) | 74 (38.9) | |
| Total | 123 (100.0) | 63 (100.0) | 4 (100.0) | 190 (100.0) | |