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 REVIEWS THE EVALUATION, AND TREATMENT OF CYSTITIS AND DESCRIBES THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.