A 30-year-old woman presents with dysuria and urinary frequency for 2 days. She is otherwise healthy, not pregnant, and afebrile. Urine dipstick is po...

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A 30-year-old woman presents with dysuria and urinary frequency for 2 days. She is otherwise healthy, not pregnant, and afebrile. Urine dipstick is positive for nitrites and leukocytes. What is the most appropriate management?

Accepted Answer

Start a 3-day course of oral Nitrofurantoin

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Send urine for culture only and await results

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Start 10 days of broad-spectrum IV antibiotics

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Advise increased fluids only, with no antibiotics

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Arrange urgent renal ultrasound

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Uncomplicated urinary tract infection

A 30-year-old woman presents with dysuria and urinary frequency for 2 days. She is otherwise healthy, not pregnant, and afebrile. Urine dipstick is positive for nitrites and leukocytes. What is the most appropriate management?