Guidelines
UTI (Acute)

UTI (Acute)

For severe or life-threatening infections, refer to PHC sepsis pathway (not in this app)

Diagnosis of UTI requires a combination of reliable clinical signs and symptoms AND a positive urine culture

DO NOT send urine for culture or perform urine dipstick testing in patients who are asymptomatic

Cloudy or foul smelling urine is not an indication for urine culture

Pyuria in asymptomatic patients is not an indication for antibiotic treatment

NO evidence that antibiotic therapy of asymptomatic bacteriuria is of any benefit EXCEPT:

  • Prior to genitourinary procedures in which mucosal bleeding/trauma is expected
  • In pregnancy

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  2. University of Michigan Health System Guidelines for Clinical Care. Urinary Tract Infection. Updated May, 2005.
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