Increased demand of urine cultures from Danish general practice: a five-year register-based study.

Appropriate diagnostics of urinary tract infections can reduce the use of antibiotics in general practice.From 2017 to 2022 a 23% increase per person in requested urine cultures from general practice was observed.A slight increase in positive cultures was found, but no notable change in the patient population (age, gender) was seen.E. coli was the most identified uropathogen independent of gender and age, however, the proportion differed within the various groups.