Lower urinary tract infections: part I

• Understand the definition of sporadic bacterial cystitis versus subclinical bacteriuria, recurrence and relevance to treatment
• Review current recommendations for the clinical management of sporadic bacterial cystitis
• Indicate important clinical considerations for the patient with recurrent bacterial cystitis

Lower urinary tract infections: part II

• Review important steps in urine microbiology; from sample collection to shipment and results
• Explore how your susceptibility profile is generated
• Interpret your minimum inhibitory concentration for bacterial cystitis
• Clinical evaluation, diagnostics and decision making and treatment of patients with prostatitis and pyelonephritis
• When to consider surgical intervention for urinary tract infections e.g. castration, prostatic abscess management, pyonephrosis and indications for peri-operative antibiotic therapy for urinary tract surgery and/or cystoscopy
• Microbiological considerations for management of pyelonephritis, prostatitis e.g. urine versus serum breakpoints and antimicrobial drug choice