Management of uncomplicated urinary tract infections

Uncomplicated urinary tract infections.

BACKGROUND Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common types of bacterial infection in outpatient medicine. Rising rates of antibiotic resistance and a better understanding of the ecological adverse effects (collateral damage) of antibiotics warrant a reevaluation of the treatment recommendations for uncomplicated UTI. The new S3 guideline contains updated recommendations. METHO...

Diagnosis and management of uncomplicated urinary tract infections.

Most uncomplicated urinary tract infections occur in women who are sexually active, with far fewer cases occurring in older women, those who are pregnant, and in men. Although the incidence of urinary tract infection has not changed substantially over the last 10 years, the diagnostic criteria, bacterial resistance patterns, and recommended treatment have changed. Escherichia coli is the leadin...

A Review of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections

Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection

Copyright © 2012 Massachusetts Medical Society. A 30-year-old woman calls you to report a 2-day history of worsening dysuria and urinary urgency and frequency. She reports having no fever, chills, back pain, or vaginal irritation or discharge. One month ago, you treated her with a 3-day course of trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole for presumptive cystitis, and her symptoms resolved. She is otherwise...

Consensus document of the Spanish Urological Association on the management of uncomplicated recurrent urinary tract infections.

INTRODUCTION The clinical manifestations of urinary infections, commonly mild and uncomplicated, have resulted in a generally empirical therapeutic decision-making process, which does not help fight resistances to antibacterial agents, thus causing a high rate of recurrence. OBJECTIVE This study seeks to reduce the clinical variability in the diagnosis and treatment of uncomplicated recurrent...