Treatment duration of febrile urinary tract infection: a pragmatic randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled non-inferiority trial in men and women

Table 2 Urine culture results at entry^a

	Randomized		Not randomized
	Antibiotic treatment for 7 days	Antibiotic treatment for 14 days	Not randomized
Escherichia coli	65 (68%)	65 (59%)	85 (51%)
Klebsiella spp.	2 (2%)	4 (4%)	13 (8%)
Proteus spp.	1 (1%)	6 (5%)	6 (4%)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	–	–	2 (1%)
Enterococcus spp.	1 (1%)	–	8 (5%)
Staphylococcus spp.	–	–	1 (1%)
Other^b	3 (3%)	3 (3%)	8 (5%)
None or contaminated culture	22 (23%)	32 (29%)	45 (27%)

Data presented as number (%). Urine culture performed in antibiotic treatment for 7 days: 91 (94%), antibiotic treatment 14 days: 100 (97%), non-randomized: 150 (96%)
^aSome patients had multiple isolates; antibiotic treatment 7 days: n = 6, antibiotic treatment 14 days: n = 10, not randomized n = 17
^bAntibiotic treatment 7 days: Proteus mirabilis (n = 1), Citrobacter sedlakii (n = 1), Citrobacter koseri (n = 1), Candida spp. (n = 2); Antibiotic treatment 14 days: Morganella morganii (n = 1), β-hemolytic streptococci (n = 2); Not randomized: Serratia marcescens (n = 1), β-hemolytic streptococci group B (n = 1), Enterobacter cloacae (n = 1), Streptococcus bovis (n = 1), Citrobacter koseri (n = 1), Morganella morganii (n = 1), Proteus mirabilis (n = 1), β-hemolytic streptococci (n = 1)

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