Older age
women with uUTI experience failure5
Although relapse and recurrence are defined in clinical practice guidelines, treatment failure is not formally defined6–8
In two retrospective cohort studies involving approximately 610,000 women diagnosed with uUTIs in outpatient settings and prescribed empiric antibiotic therapy, treatment failure was defined by the occurrence of any of the following within 28 days of index date5,9:
A new or second oral antibiotic prescription for uUTI
Diagnosis of a UTI in an acute care setting
Administration of an IV antibiotic