The term acute urethral syndrome is used to describe a syndrome of symptoms that include:
a. greater than 105 colony-forming units of bacteria per milliliter (CFU/mL) of urine, dysuria, and frequent urination.
b. dysuria, frequency, and urgency but a specimen yielding fewer organisms than 105 CFU/mL urine on culture.
c. fever and flank pain, dysuria, vomiting, diarrhea, chills, increased heart rate, and lower abdominal pain.
d. dysuria, frequency and urgency along with tenderness and pain over the area of the bladder.
B
Patients with this syndrome are primarily young, sexually active women, who experience dysuria, frequency, and urgency, but a specimen yields fewer organisms than 105 CFU/mL urine on cul-ture. Almost 50% of all women who seek medical attention for complaints of symptoms of acute cystitis fall into this group.
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