Infection of the lower part of the urinary tract (e.g. the bladder-cystitis)
Urinary tract infections (UTI) in individuals with structural anomalies of the urinary tract or who are immunocompromised and in pregnant women are generally considered at greater risk of complicated evolution (complicated UTI)
Acute (<1 week) dysuria, increased urinary urgency and frequency, lower abdominal pain or discomfort and sometimes gross hematuria
In symptomatic patients:
Important:
In symptomatic patients:
Usually not needed unless need to investigate possible underlying abnormalities of the urinary tract
Antibiotic treatment recommended if compatible clinical presentation AND a positive test (positive urine leucocytes/leucocyte esterase or positive urine culture)