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‘Telephone treatment’ of uncomplicated acute cystitis

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 1999 September;66(8):495-501
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ABSTRACT

Acute cystitis in women is typically uncomplicated and amenable to empiric antimicrobial therapy. We advocate a simple approach, in which women with uncomplicated cases are treated over the telephone. Such a program has been in place at the Cleveland Clinic since 1992, and has yielded good results.