Community Antibiotic Use, Susceptibility and ResisTance Among Patients With Urinary Tract Infections (CAST-UTI)

1. General objective This pilot study aims to compare the prevalence of resistance in bacteria causing UTIs among patients seeking care outside the hospital settings (CDROs) to the WHO-GLASS data. 2. Specific objectives 2-1 Primary objectives: * Determine the resistance profiles of uropathogens and carriage strains from patients with uncomplicated UTIs attending community drug retail outlets (CDRO's) and in hospitals\*. * Compare the resistance profiles of the uropathogens from patients with uncomplicated UTIs attending CDROs and hospitals to those in the WHO-GLASS database. * Explore the patient pathway and its impact on antibiotic use among patients presenting to CDROs and hospitals with uncomplicated UTIs. * Determine the appropriateness of antimicrobial use in the treatment of uncomplicated UTIs among patients presenting to CDROs and hospitals 2-2 Secondary objectives: * Compare resistance profiles among the uropathogens from patients from two neighbourhoods in Kampala. * Examine environmental samples between the study sites to determine the presence of antibiotic residues and AMR two neighbourhoods in Kampala.