Help Save Newer Antibiotics as Backups for Complicated UTIs

November 2025

You are on the front lines to help boost stewardship around new antibiotics for complicated urinary tract infections (cUTIs).

Complicated UTIs can include infection of the kidneys or prostate...cases involving fevers or bacteria in the blood...or when patients are using a urinary catheter.

Most inpatients with a cUTI will need IV antibiotics up front...especially if the infection is serious (septic shock, etc) or the patient can’t take pills due to vomiting or NPO status.

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Help Save Newer Antibiotics as Backups for Complicated UTIs

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