A 30-year-old woman with recurrent vaginitis is now asymptomatic but has a urine culture with 10⁵ CFU/mL E. coli on employment screening. She is not p...

Question

A 30-year-old woman with recurrent vaginitis is now asymptomatic but has a urine culture with 10⁵ CFU/mL E. coli on employment screening. She is not pregnant and has no urologic procedure planned. Management?

Accepted Answer

Do not treat and do not repeat cultures

Answer

Treat with nitrofurantoin 5 days

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Treat only if repeat culture positive

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Start TMP-SMX for 7 days

Answer

Start daily methenamine hippurate

us-abfm MCQ (SBA): Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

A 30-year-old woman with recurrent vaginitis is now asymptomatic but has a urine culture with 10⁵ CFU/mL E. coli on employment screening. She is not pregnant and has no urologic procedure planned. Management?