Antimicrobial susceptibility of pathogens in acute uncomplicated cystitis cases in the urology department of a community hospital in Japan: Comparison with treatment outcome and hospital-wide antibiogram

The greater susceptibility of Escherichia coli to antimicrobials observed in this study supports the hypothesis that antimicrobial susceptibility rates in uncomplicated cystitis cases that present to the Urology Department would be greater than those reported in the hospital antibiogram. Therefore, uncomplicated acute cystitis can be treated by narrow spectrum antibiotics such as cefaclor even in this ''antimicrobial resistance era''.