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Can UTI S Be Contagious?
My 85 yr old mother is in a memory care facility. She has a UTI, symptoms were noticed on Wed of last week. Test was not completed and diagnosis back from the doctor until. They first said the UTI was resistant to oral antibiotics and we would have to take her to Emergency Room to get antibiotics by IV. Then they said the oral antibiotics might work and she has to stay in quarantine for the next seven days while they see how treatment works. Can UTI s really be contagious?
Fri, 8 May 2015
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UTI are not considered contagious in any way so isolation is not required for treatment.
You may want to consider asking if there is another reason for quarantine since this is not a required in this type of infection.
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UTI are not considered contagious in any way so isolation is not required for treatment.
You may want to consider asking if there is another reason for quarantine since this is not a required in this type of infection.
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