NITROFURANTOIN

Course overview

NITROFURANTOIN IS AN ANTIBIOTIC MEDICATION THAT IS USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED LOWER URINARY TRACT INFECTION. IT IS EFFECTIVE AGAINST MOST GRAM-POSITIVE AND GRAM-NEGATIVE ORGANISMS. SEVERAL MAJOR GUIDELINES HAVE DECLARED NITROFURANTOIN AS THE FIRST-LINE THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED LOWER URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS. INCREASING RESISTANCE TO NEWER ANTIBIOTICS COINCIDING WITH INCREASING THE PREVALENCE OF EXTENDED-SPECTRUM BETA-LACTAMASE (ESBL) PRODUCING BACTERIA HAS LED TO A RESURGENCE IN THE USE OF NITROFURANTOIN. THIS ACTIVITY OUTLINES THE INDICATIONS, MECHANISM OF ACTION, METHODS OF ADMINISTRATION, IMPORTANT ADVERSE EFFECTS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, MONITORING, AND TOXICITY OF NIMODIPINE, SO PROVIDERS CAN DIRECT PATIENT THERAPY SUCCESSFULLY IN INSTANCES WHERE NIMODIPINE PROVIDES A BENEFIT TO PATIENT CARE.