usmlebuzz
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A 32-year-old, Caucasian female, P1 G2 consults you in your OB/GYN practice. She is 39 weeks pregnant and eager to have her baby. She mentions that she has to go to the bathroom frequently for the past two days and feels a burning sensation when urinating. The urine dip shows leukocyturia, bacteriuria, and microscopic hematuria and is nitrite positive. You take a urine sample for culture and prescribe which antibiotic?
A Ceftriaxone
B Trimethoprim
C Doxycycline|
D Nitrofurantoin
E Sulfasoxazole
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| tamriko
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| usmlebuzz
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:o :o correct 
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| Hosam
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What the nitrite positive means? Is it Ureaplasama Urealyticum...???
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| usmlebuzz
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E coli :wink:
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| alice8
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Positive in most bacterial urinary tract infections; negative in urinary tract infections caused by Gram-positive organisms or Pseudomonas sp
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