No Clinical Benefit to Treating Male Urinary Tract Infection Longer Than Seven Days: An Outpatient Database Study

Background The optimal approach for treating outpatient male urinary tract infections (UTIs) is unclear. We studied the current management of male UTI in private outpatient clinics, and we evaluated antibiotic choice, treatment duration, and the outcome of recurrence of UTI. Methods Visits for all male patients 18 years of age and older during 2011–2015 with International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes...