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Urinary tract infection (lower) - women - Management
When prescribing empirically for acute cystitis which antibiotic should I choose?
- Follow local guidelines when available.
- If local guidelines are not available:
- For an uncomplicated infection, prescribe either:
- Trimethoprim 200 mg twice daily, for 3 days, or
- Nitrofurantoin 50 mg four times daily, or 100 mg (modified-release) twice daily, for 3 days.
- For a complicated infection, prescribe a 5–10-day course of trimethoprim or nitrofurantoin.
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