A 25-year-old woman has two urine cultures = 10^5 CFU/mL of the same organism without symptoms. She is not pregnant and has no urologic procedures pl...

Question

A 25-year-old woman has two urine cultures >= 10^5 CFU/mL of the same organism without symptoms. She is not pregnant and has no urologic procedures planned. What does this represent and what is the treatment?

Accepted Answer

Asymptomatic bacteriuria; no treatment

Answer

Recurrent UTI; treat 7 days

Answer

Colonisation; treat 3 days

Answer

UTI; treat 14 days

Answer

Asymptomatic bacteriuria; treat prophylactically for a month

us-abfm MCQ (SBA): Asymptomatic bacteriuria

A 25-year-old woman has two urine cultures >= 10^5 CFU/mL of the same organism without symptoms. She is not pregnant and has no urologic procedures planned. What does this represent and what is the treatment?