TY - JOUR T1 - Outpatient antibiotic therapy for urinary tract infections in women JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 478 LP - 480 VL - 56 IS - 5 AU - Thomas F. Keys Y1 - 1989/07/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/56/5/478.abstract N2 - Culture may not be required to confirm the diagnosis of urinary tract infections in young women with symptoms; antimicrobial therapy usually resolves symptoms. While relapse may occur more frequently with single-dose therapy, late recurrence rates are the same and side effects are less than with multiple-dose therapy. Patients with relapsing infection or frequent recurrence are candidates for chronic prophylaxis with low-dose antimicrobial or prompt self-administered therapy. ER -