Urinary Tract Infections - Related Resources

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Short course antibiotic treatment may have similar effect as long course treatment of uncomplicated symptomatic lower UTI in elderly women. Single dose antibiotic treatment may be less effective but may be better accepted by the patients than longer treatments Antibiotic Duration for Lower Urinary Tract Infections in Elderly Women.
There are probably no significant differences in effectiveness between different antibiotics used for urinary tract infections during pregnancy Treatments for Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infections during Pregnancy.
Oral antibiotic therapy seems to be as effective as parenteral or initial parenteral therapy for severe urinary tract infection, but because of extremely heterogeneous study populations no conclusions can be made in specific patient groups Oral Treatment for Symptomatic Severe Urinary Tract Infections in Non-Elderly.

Peleg AY, Hooper DC. Hospital-acquired infections due to gram-negative bacteria. N Engl J Med 2010 May 13;362(19):1804-13. [PubMed]
Little P, Moore MV, Turner S, Rumsby K, Warner G, Lowes JA, Smith H, Hawke C, Leydon G, Arscott A, Turner D, Mullee M. Effectiveness of five different approaches in management of urinary tract infection: randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2010 Feb 5;340():c199. [PubMed]

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