Deck 50: Urinary Tract Infections

Question 1

Along with an antibiotic prescription, lifestyle education for a nonpregnant adult female who has had a UTI includes:

A)Increasing her intake of vitamin C-containing orange juice
B)Voiding 10 to 15 minutes after intercourse
C)Avoiding ingesting urinary irritants, such as asparagus
D)All of the above

Answer 1

Voiding 10 to 15 minutes after intercourse

Question 2

Monitoring for a pregnant woman who has had a UTI is:

A)Symptom resolution in 48 hours
B)Follow-up urine culture at completion of therapy
C)Test of cure urinary analysis at completion of therapy
D)Follow-up urine culture every two weeks until delivery

Answer 2

Follow-up urine culture every two weeks until delivery

Question 3

Lisa is a healthy nonpregnant adult woman who recently had a UTI. She is asking about drinking cranberry juice to prevent a recurrence of the UTI. The correct answer to give her would be:

A)Sixteen ounces per day of cranberry juice cocktail will prevent UTIs.
B)Cranberry juice will decrease UTIs.
C)There is no clear evidence that cranberry juice helps prevent UTIs.
D)Cranberry juice only works to prevent UTIs in children.

Answer 3

There is no clear evidence that cranberry juice helps prevent UTIs.

Question 4

A 28-year-old pregnant woman at 38 weeks gestation is diagnosed with a lower UTI. She is healthy with no drug allergies. Appropriate first-line therapy for her UTI would be:

A)Azithromycin
B)Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
C)Nitrofurantoin
D)Ciprofloxacin

Question 5

The treatment goals when treating urinary tract infection (UTI) include:

A)Eradication of the infecting organism
B)Relief of symptoms
C)Prevention of recurrence of the UTI
D)All of the above

Question 6

Appropriate initial therapy for a four-year-old female with a febrile UTI would be:

A)Azithromycin
B)Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
C)Ceftriaxone
D)Ciprofloxacin

Question 7

Which of the following patients may be treated with a five day course of therapy for their UTI?

A)A 28-year-old pregnant woman
B)A six-year-old healthy female
C)A 24-year-old female
D)A 26-year-old female diabetic

Question 8

A 6-year-old female presents with a UTI. She is healthy, afebrile, with no use of antibiotics in the previous six months and no drug allergies. An appropriate first-line antibiotic choice for her would be:

A)Azithromycin
B)Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
C)Nitrofurantoin
D)Cefdinir

Question 9

A 24-year-old female presents with a UTI. She is healthy, afebrile, and her only drug allergy is sulfa, which gives her a rash. An appropriate first-line antibiotic choice for her would be:

A)Azithromycin
B)Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
C)Nitrofurantoin
D)Ciprofloxacin

Question 10

Monitoring for a child who has had a UTI is:

A)Symptom resolution in 48 hours
B)Follow-up urine culture at completion of therapy
C)Test of cure urinary analysis at completion of therapy
D)Follow-up urine culture two months after completion of therapy

Question 11

Monitoring for a healthy, nonpregnant adult patient being treated for a UTI is:

A)Symptom resolution in 48 hours
B)Follow-up urine culture at completion of therapy
C)Test of cure urinary analysis at completion of therapy
D)Follow-up urine culture two months after completion of therapy