A patient comes in for treatment of her urinary tract infection. She has had three UTIs in the past year. The nurse would expect the provider to:
a. treat the current infection as a single infection.
b. treat the acute infection and give a low dose of trimethoprim as prophylaxis.
c. treat the current infection as a chronic infection for 2 weeks.
d. instruct the patient to abstain from intercourse until the infections resolve permanently.
b
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