A 32-year-old woman presents with frequency and dysuria. She is otherwise well. Dipstick is positive for nitrites and leukocytes. What is the most app...

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A 32-year-old woman presents with frequency and dysuria. She is otherwise well. Dipstick is positive for nitrites and leukocytes. What is the most appropriate management?

Accepted Answer

Start a 3-day course of an appropriate oral antibiotic for uncomplicated UTI

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Send midstream urine for culture and withhold antibiotics until result

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Refer urgently to urology

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Arrange cystoscopy

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Start long-term antibiotic prophylaxis

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Uncomplicated UTI in women

A 32-year-old woman presents with frequency and dysuria. She is otherwise well. Dipstick is positive for nitrites and leukocytes. What is the most appropriate management?