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ISSUE 1395
July 23, 2012
Drugs for Urinary Tract Infections
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July 23, 2012 (Issue: 1395)
The most recent guidelines from the Infectious
Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and its European
counterpart on the choice of antimicrobials for treatment
of uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) in
non-pregnant women focus on the unnecessary use of
fluoroquinolones to treat uropathogens that are
increasingly becoming resistant to them. Resistance
of Escherichia coli to ciprofloxacin in the US has
increased from 3% in 2000 to 17.1% in 2010.
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