Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin 1998;36:30-32; doi:10.1136/dtb.1998.36430
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Managing urinary tract infection in women

Relevant BNF section: 5.1

Each year, around 5% of women present to their GPs with dysuria and frequency.¹ About half have a urinary tract infection, as confirmed by the presence of a threshold ( 'significant') number of bacteria in their urine (usually defined as &gt=10/mL). In the remaining women, symptoms occur in the absence of bacterial infection: this condition is referred to as urethral syndrome.¹ In this article, we discuss the diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infection in women.

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