Urinary tract infection among people living with HIV
10 Another study noted that E. coli were 90%, 16.7%, 10% and 13.3% resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, nitrofurantoin, gentamicin and ceftriaxone, respectively. The resistance rates for K. pneumoniae were 72.7%, 33.3% and 0% for trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, nitrofurantoin and ceftriaxone respectively. 8 The prevalence of asymptomatic UTI and its resistance pattern in non-pregnant PLHIV in this context is not well known. According to the Tanzanian standard treatment guideline of 2017, UTI in the general population is treated by ciprofloxacin with the exception of pregnant women and...
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