Dysuria
Urinary frequency
Urinary urgency
Supra pubic pain
+- Pyuria
No fever
No chills
No rigors
No fatigue
No malaise
No flank pain
Complicated UTI:
Frequency
Urgency
Dysuria
Hematuria
Pyuria
Flank pain
Fever
Chills
Rigor
Vomiting
Fatigue
Malaise
Suprapubic pain
Nocturia
* Possibility of Multi Drug Resistance G-negative
ESBL resistance
MRSA
VRSA
Impatient at Hospital, Long Term Care Home
Use of broad-spectrum antibiotics recently
Travel to MDR organisms regions like India, Israel, Spain, Mexico
If uncomplicated and no MDR risks, then start empirical antibiotic therapy without urine culture and sensitivity
Choose from:
Nitrofurantoin BID X 5/7
Trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole X 3/7
Trimethoprim X 3-5/7
Fosfomycin stat dose
Pivmecillinam X 5-7/7
Ciprofloxacin X 5-7/7 or
Ciprofloxacin extended release X 3/7
Amoxicillin- Clavulanate 500mh PO BID X 7/7
Cefpodoxime 100mg PO BID X 7/7
Cephalexin 500mg PO BID X 7/7
Levofloxacin 250mg-500mh PO OD X 3/7
+- Analgesics
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