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[Urinary tract infections in adults: Comparison of the French and the European guidelines]
1Service d'urologie, CHRU de Bretonneau, 2, boulevard Tonnellé, 37044 Tours cedex, France; Service d'urologie, CHU de Bicêtre, 78, rue du Général-Leclerc, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
Introduction:
Acute urinary tract infections (UTIs) in adult are now a major public health issue in terms of morbidity, mortality and in terms of costs for society. The latest French guidelines and the European Association of Urology guidelines differ in some points. The aim of this article is to compare the guidelines of these two societies in order to highlight their differences but also their common points in the management of UTIs.
Methods:
A comparative analysis of the latest French and European guidelines was carried out. The authors defined the following sub-sections: terminology, pyelonephritis, male UTIs, pregnancy urinary tract infections and cystitis.
Results And Conclusion:
The guidelines of these two societies are not very different in terms of diagnostic and therapeutic management. The major differences are in the duration of antibiotic therapies, where French guidelines continue to recommend long term treatments where EAU sometimes recommends only 5 days of antibiotics, as in the case of simple acute pyelonephritis.
Level Of Evidence:
3.
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