UTI

Question 1

above the vesicoureteral valves

Answer 1

upper tract

Question 2

below the vesicoureteral valves

Answer 2

lower tract

Question 3

involvment of tissue structures with instruments or co-morbidities

Answer 3

complication

Question 4

local effects only or upper tract without co-morbidities

Answer 4

uncomplicated

Question 5

pyelonephritis

Answer 5

kidney, calyces, pelvis

Question 6

balanitis

Answer 6

gland penis

Question 7

define recurrence: ___or more UTI per ____

Answer 7

3 or more UTIs per year

Question 8

define relapse: recurrence in a ____ with _____

Answer 8

recurrence in a month with the same organism

Question 9

define reinfection: relapse but _______, with a _____

Answer 9

relapse but >1 month, with a different organism

Question 10

most sx UTI due to?

Answer 10

e.coli > saprophyticus

Question 11

when to tx an asymptomatic UTI?

Answer 11

pregnancy, renal transplant, before Uro surgery

Question 12

how should you tx someone in a nursing home with an asympto UTI?

Answer 12

don’t tx

Question 13

how to tell if you have a contaminated specimen

Answer 13

Epi: WBC ratio

Question 14

tx of CT/GC

Answer 14

ceftriaxone + azithromycin

Question 15

tx of bacterial cystitis

Answer 15

3 days TMP/SXT

Question 16

necessary to put in foley in pyelonephritis?

Answer 16

NO, need to avoid it