Most well women with uncomplicated urinary tract infection should respond to three days'treatment with a first-line antibiotic. Our Drug review describes the properties and side-effects of the recommended antibiotics, followed by sources of further information.E very year, around 5 per cent of women present to their GP with symptoms of dysuria and frequency, and approximately half of this number have confirmed urinary tract infection (UTI) upon laboratory investigation. This makes UTI one of the most common reasons for both presentation to primary care (especially in otherwise well women) and for anti biotic prescription. 1 Acute uncomplicated UTI is defined as UTI in a person with a structurally and functionally normal urinary tract. In contrast, a UTI can be considered complicated if there are functional or anatomical abnormalities within the urinary tract or underlying diseases that predispose to UTI, eg diabetes mellitus. 2 Acute uncomplicated UTI is predominantly obser ved in women, and recurrent cystitis is seen mostly in young, healthy women with normal urinary tracts (though the shorter female urethra is a predisposing factor to UTI).Complicated UTI may occur in anyone with predisposing illness or underlying abnormalities and Drug review UTI
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