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Urogenital infections quiz
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A quadriplegic patient in the spinal cord unit who has a suprapubic bladder catheter has had multiple urinary tract infections in the past. He is presently afebrile and asymptomatic but his physician obtains a culture of urine as a precautionary measure. The urine culture yields > 100 000 colonies of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
.
What is the most appropriate management of this patient?
Choose one
Continue to monitor clinically
Begin piperacillin-tazobactam
Begin ciprofloxacin and gentamicin
Begin imipenem and tobramycin for suspected resistant organisms
Begin gentamicin
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