RT Journal
A1 Drekonja DM, Okoye NC, Kuskowski MA, Johnson JR
T1 APpropriateness of urinary tract infection diagnosis and treatment duration
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2010
FD March 8
VO 170
IS 5
SP 489
OP 490
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.543
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2009.543
AB 
Although urinary tract infection (UTI) is a frequent indication for antimicrobial therapy, the appropriateness of diagnosis and treatment duration is largely unknown.1 High-quality evidence supports withholding antimicrobial agents for asymptomatic bacteriuria and/or pyuria; similar evidence supports short-duration therapy in women with uncomplicated UTI.2- 3 The optimal treatment duration for men (or women with complicating conditions) with UTI is less well defined, although available evidence and expert opinion suggest that longer treatment durations are needed.4- 6 However, it is unknown to what extent these recommendations are followed.