Acute uncomplicated cystitis in women. The essentials of first-line management.

Abstract

In the absence of fever and low back pain, there is a high probability that a female patient has acute uncomplicated cystitis if she reports dysuria' and urinary frequency but no vaginal discharge or pruritus. The antibiotic therapy of choice for an episode of acute uncomplicated cystitis is a single oral dose of fosfomycin trometamol. In patients with recurrent infections, the strategy that results in the lowest antibiotic exposure without impairing efficacy is to treat each episode as soon as the first clinical symptoms appear.

• Journal: Prescrire international (Prescrire Int) Vol. 24 Issue 156 Pg. 22-4 (Jan 2015) ISSN: 1167-7422 [Print] France
• PMID: 25729836 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Fosfomycin

Topics

• Acute Disease
• Administration, Oral
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (administration & dosage)
• Cystitis (diagnosis, drug therapy, etiology)
• Drug Administration Schedule
• Female
• Fosfomycin (administration & dosage)
• Humans
• Recurrence
• Risk Factors
• Time Factors
• Treatment Outcome