A 52-year-old woman with UTI symptoms during pregnancy has culture showing E. coli sensitive to nitrofurantoin and cephalexin. She has no G6PD deficie...

Question

A 52-year-old woman with UTI symptoms during pregnancy has culture showing E. coli sensitive to nitrofurantoin and cephalexin. She has no G6PD deficiency, is in the 2nd trimester. Best regimen?

Accepted Answer

Nitrofurantoin 100 mg BID for 5-7 days

Answer

Ciprofloxacin 500 mg BID

Answer

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole 3 days in any trimester

Answer

No antibiotics

Answer

Doxycycline 100 mg BID

us-abfm MCQ (SBA): UTI in Pregnancy

A 52-year-old woman with UTI symptoms during pregnancy has culture showing E. coli sensitive to nitrofurantoin and cephalexin. She has no G6PD deficiency, is in the 2nd trimester. Best regimen?