if a UTI is unresponsive to the first course of antibiotics patients should receive
doxycycline or azithromycin
Back or flank pain, or the occurance of a fever suggests involvement of the
kidneys, or prostate
If this condition occurs in the patient with lower UTI symptoms then chlamydia, gonoccocal infections, vaginitis, or herpes simplex infection shoulb be considered
sterile pyuria
instrumentation (catheterization, cystoscopy), pregnancy, anatomic abnormalities of the genitourinary tract, and diabetes mellitus
UTI risk factors
if a 6 week course of antibiotics active against the bacterial isolate is not effective then the possiblility of _____ should be investigated
structural abnormalities or prostatic infection
Older or debilitated patients with UTI may present with
no symptoms referable to the urinary tract
bacterial infection of teh kidney
pyelonephritis
Bacterial infection of the urinary bladder
cystitis
short course therapy is not recommended for
women with a history of UTI's
Treatment of _____ is hampered by poor penetration by most antimicrobials
