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Urinary tract infections account for more than 7 million visits to physicians' offices and necessitate or complicate well over 1 million hospital admissions in the United States annually^1,2. It is helpful to categorize adult patients with urinary infection into five groups: young women with acute uncomplicated cystitis, young women with recurrent cystitis, young women with acute uncomplicated pyelonephritis, all adults with complicated urinary infection, and all adults with asymptomatic bacteriuria. This review will highlight recent advances in the treatment of patients in each of these categories, emphasizing cost-effective strategies that may be particularly important in the coming era of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Acute Uncomplicated Cystitis in Young Women

Recurrent Infections in Women

Acute Uncomplicated Pyelonephritis in Young Women

Complicated Urinary Tract Infections

Urinary Tract Infections in Younger Men

Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Patients without Catheters

Conclusions

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From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Washington and Harborview Medical Center, 325 9th Ave., Seattle, WA 98104, where reprint requests should be addressed to Dr. Stamm.

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