title: [Therapy of urinary tract infection].
abstract: The choice of therapy in urinary tract infections depends on the infection site, complications, previous history, and recrudescence. Acute uncomplicated urinary tract infections which do not respond to general measures as increased fluid intake will be cured with antibiotics for 3 days. If the compliance of the patient is sufficient a single shot therapy may be applied. Infections of the upper urinary tract with typical signs such as fever, nausea and increase of the so-called acute phase proteins have to be treated with antibiotics for 7 to 14 days. When treating the first episode of urinary tract infection the choice of antibiotics is unimportant. Trimethoprim and quinolones are standard. In recurrent infections urine cultures and susceptibility testing are mandatory. Patients with recurrent urinary tract infections should receive a long-term suppressive therapy with low-dose trimethoprim or a quinolone. Patients with urinary catheters must not receive any long-term therapy.
authors.affiliation: Klinischen Abteilung für Infektionen und Chemotherapie, Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin I, Wien.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Graninger
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Presterl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Radosztics
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thalhammer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Emminger
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
vernacular_title: Die Therapie des Harnwegsinfektes.