TY  - JOUR
T1  - APpropriateness of urinary tract infection diagnosis and treatment duration
AU  - Drekonja DM, Okoye NC, Kuskowski MA, Johnson JR
Y1  - 2010/03/08
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.543
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 489
EP  - 490
VL  - 170
IS  - 5
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.543
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2009.543
ER  -