CYSTITIS

Course overview

CYSTITIS REFERS TO INFECTION OF THE LOWER URINARY TRACT, OR MORE SPECIFICALLY THE URINARY BLADDER. IT MAY BE BROADLY CATEGORIZED AS EITHER UNCOMPLICATED OR COMPLICATED. UNCOMPLICATED CYSTITIS REFERS TO LOWER URINARY TRACT INFECTION (UTI) IN EITHER MEN OR NON-PREGNANT WOMEN WHO ARE OTHERWISE HEALTHY. COMPLICATED CYSTITIS, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS ASSOCIATED WITH RISK FACTORS THAT INCREASE THE RISK OF INFECTION OR THE RISK OF FAILING ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE ROLE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WORKING TOGETHER TO MANAGE CYSTITIS.