GIM Question 31

A patient on your ward complains of lower abdominal pain, urinary frequency and dysuria.

  1. Outline your next steps.
  2. Your patient has a temperature of 390C and you highly suspect a Urinary tract infection. What pathogens do you suspect may be causing her UTI?
  3. What is your initial, empiric therapy?

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