Executive summary of the diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infection: Guidelines of the Spanish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (SEIMC)

Treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis - A clinical review

“…We used the grading scale of the Spanish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (SEIMC) for ranking the grades of recommendation (A-E) and for the level of scientific evidence (I-III) [8] (Table 1).…”

“…The European Association of Urology and the Infectious Diseases Society of America list fosfomycin as firstline therpay for uncomplicated cystitis in women, despite it might be slightly less efective than other agents1. Recently, the Spanish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (SEIMC) has also considered fosfomycin as first-line therpay for uncomplicated cistitis [8].…”

“…Nitrofurantoin is now considered a first-line therapeutic agent for acute uncomplicated cystitis because of the efficacy of a 5-day course and little risk for collateral damage to the normal human flora [1,8]. Nitrofurantoin should not be used for treatment of pyelonephritis [1][2][3]25,33].…”

“…In this regard, the Spanish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (SEIMC) has recently updated a clinical guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of UTI [8].…”

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“…Their role, in our opinion, is to continue to improve the teaching, care and research produced in the societies' chosen fields in favour of patients, exercising ever greater mediation between the demands of patients and healthcare administration [100]. All societies must go far beyond issuing guidelines and therapeutic recommendations [81,[101][102][103][104][105][106][107][108][109].…”