Treatment duration for urinary tract infections in adults

There is a body of information regarding urinary tract infections that clinicians need to know. These physicians want to be able to recognize urinary tract infections, determine what patients merit therapy, and, particularly in the cutrent era of diagnostic-related groups, formulate the essential elements of the evaluation. Physicians are also concerned about another practical issue, namely the duration of therapy for a urinary tract infection. This latter concern is the focus of this review. It is important for clinicians to appreciate that, despite the extensive data that have accumulated during the last 30 years concerning the diagnosis, pathogenesis, epidemiology, localization, atid management of urinary tract infections, there temain many voids in our knowledge precluding pre-