A 45-year-old woman with dysuria and flank pain has pyelonephritis. She reports 3 UTIs in the past year. Beyond antibiotics for the acute infection, w...

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A 45-year-old woman with dysuria and flank pain has pyelonephritis. She reports 3 UTIs in the past year. Beyond antibiotics for the acute infection, which preventive strategy is evidence-based postmenopause?

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Topical vaginal oestrogen

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Daily cranberry tablets as sole prevention

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Chronic fluconazole

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High-dose vitamin C

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No prevention

us-abfm MCQ (SBA): Recurrent UTI-Postmenopausal Prevention

A 45-year-old woman with dysuria and flank pain has pyelonephritis. She reports 3 UTIs in the past year. Beyond antibiotics for the acute infection, which preventive strategy is evidence-based postmenopause?