Table 4 Distinguishing simple vs. complicated UTI in kidney transplant recipients
From: Management of kidney transplant recipients for primary care practitioners
Simple cystitis | Acute pyelonephritis or Complicated UTI |
|---|---|
o Dysuria, urinary urgency, frequency, or suprapubic pain; but no systemic symptoms. o No ureteral stent, chronic urinary catheter, or nephrostomy tube. | o Fever, chills, malaise, hemodynamic instability, or leukocytosis (without other apparent etiology); flank/allograft pain o Bacteremia with the same organism as in urine. o Dysuria, urgency, frequency, and suprapubic pain may or may not be present. |