Table 2.

Continuous Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection

Antimicrobial	Dose	Frequency
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole	40 mg/200 mg	Daily or 3 × wk
Trimethoprim	100 mg	Daily
Nitrofurantoin	50–100 mg	Daily
Cephalexin	125–250 mg	Daily
Ciprofloxacin	125 mg	Daily
Norfloxacin	200 mg	Daily
Ofloxacin	100 mg	Daily
Fosfomycin	3 g every 10 d	3 g every 10 d

Data from Melekos MD et al,²¹ Albert X et al,²² Rudenko and Dorofeyev,⁵² Nicolle LE et al,⁵³ Gower PE,⁵⁴ Bailey RR et al,⁵⁵ Stamm WE et al,⁵⁶ and Brumfitt W et al.⁵⁷