Uncomplicated Lower tract
Uncomplicated Lower Tract
Uncomplicated lower tract is classified as patients that are immunocompetent, without structural disease and not pregnant.
Cystitis
Bottom Line
- DO NOT TREAT patients with ASYMPTOMATIC bacteriuria unless they are pregnant.
- Amoxicillin or ampicillin should NOT be used as empiric treatment due to poor efficacy and high rates of antimicrobial resistance amongst common Gram negative bacilli (GNBs).
- Fluoroquinolones (FQs) should be used for 3 days only.
- Risk of pulmonary fibrosis with prolonged or recurrent nitrofurantoin use.
- Nitrofurantoin 100MG PO BID x 5d
- TMP/SMX 160/800MG (1 DS tab) PO BID x 3d