RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Outpatient antibiotic therapy for urinary tract infections in women
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 478
OP 480
VO 56
IS 5
A1 Keys, Thomas F.
YR 1989
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/56/5/478.abstract
AB 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.