Duration of therapy for urinary tract infection: the long and the short of it. Clin Infect Dis 39

In an era of increasingly complex medical conditions, the diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection (UTI) would seem to be a straightforward, if not mundane, task for the busy clinician. In fact, women with acute uncomplicated cystitis often have acute uncomplicated cystitis diag-nosed and treated without ever seeing a health care professional, except, perhaps, their pharmacist [1]. Published evidence-based guidelines and reviews support the effectiveness and benefits of short-course regimens for the treatment of acute un-complicated cystitis [2, 3], although, as with many such guidelines, there often remain