Genitourinary infection: Difference between revisions

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Background

Genitourinary infection

(1) Human urinary system: (2) kidney; (3) renal pelvis; (4) ureter; (5) urinary bladder (6) urethra.
Additional structures: (7) adrenal gland; (8) renal artery and vein; (9) inferior vena cava; (10) abdominal aorta; (11) common iliac artery and vein; (12) liver; (13) large intestine; (14) pelvis.

"UTI" frequently refers specifically to acute cystitis, but may also be used as a general term for all urinary infections; use location-specific diagnosis.

Renal/perirenal
Ureteral
- Infected urolithiasis
Bladder
- Acute cystitis ("UTI")
- Chronic cystitis
Urethra/periurethra
- Urethritis
- Prostatitis

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-==Treatment==
+==Background==
-# Post-menopausal --> 7 dy course (Cipro or Nitro)
+{{UTI types}}
-# Pregnant --> 7dy course (Nitro or Keflex)
-# Male --> 10dy course (R/O prostatitis, urethritis)
-# Complicated (risk for subclinical pyelonephritis ~25%)
-## Structureal urologic abnlty
-## Neurologic dysfx (elderly)
-## Hx of UCI relapse
-## Prior hx of pyelo
-## Frequent UTIs
-## Sx >7dys
-## DM or other immunosuppresed
-##--> increased course vs. admit
-===Repeat===
->3 UTIs/yr = R/O structural abnlty
-#Cipro 250mg BID
-#Bactrim DS BID
-#Nitrofurantoin 100mg BID
-#Keflex 250mg QID
 ==See Also==
-Peds: UTI
+*[[Dysuria]]
+*[[Hematuria]]
-==Source ==
+*[[Flank pain]]
-/07 DONALDSON (adapted from Tintinalli)
+*[[UTI (Peds)]]
-[[Category:GU]]
+[[Category:Renal]]
 [[Category:ID]]
+[[Category:Urology]]