Top in ID: WikiGuidelines group publishes new UTI guidance; STI epidemic may be slowing

The WikiGuidelines collaborative has published the first guidelines for UTI prevention, diagnosis and management in more than a decade.

Researchers provided clear recommendations for six of 37 UTI-related questions; Healio spoke with a member of the collaborative about each of the guidelines and if they clash with established practice.

“Whether they clash with existing recommendations is a loaded question,” Zack Nelson, PharmD, MPH, a clinical pharmacy specialist in infectious diseases at Park Nicollet Health Services in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, told Healio. “I think the big emphasis is on the fact that this is the first UTI guideline in over 14 years.”

It was the top story in infectious disease last week.

In another top story, the CDC’s annual STI report revealed that cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis decreased by 1.8% from 2022 to 2023.

Read these and more top stories in infectious disease below:

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‘Tide is turning’: STI epidemic shows signs of slowing, CDC says

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Evidence suggests drug resistance in Ugandan children with severe malaria

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