Fig. 1

Diagnostic path in patients with suspected UTI in human and veterinary primary care practices in Denmark. The decision tree illustrates the different diagnostic pathways that can be taken during the diagnostic process of a patient with a suspected UTI. The diagnostic pathways are divided into those pathways in which the result is available during the consultation (signs and symptoms, dipsticks, microscopy) and those in which the result is available 1–3 days after the consultation (culture and susceptibility test in practice, culture and susceptibility test at a reference microbiology laboratory)