Urinary symptoms that do not get better or go away after treatment with antibiotics
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Urinary symptoms that do not get better or go away after treatment with antibiotics
Symptoms that do not improve after treatment with antibiotics may mean that both the symptoms and the treatment need to be reevaluated.
Call the health professional who prescribed the antibiotic if the symptoms:
- Get worse or do not go away after 48 hours of antibiotic treatment.
- Return after treatment has ended.
Sometimes you may need a different strength or type of antibiotic to cure the infection.
Credits
| Author | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Tracy Landauer |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Philip Belitsky, MD, FRCSC - Urology |
| Last Updated | May 17, 2007 |
| Last updated: | May 17, 2007 |
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| Author: | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Reviewed By: | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine, Philip Belitsky, MD, FRCSC - Urology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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