Seven days of antibiotic treatment among afebrile men with suspected urinary tract infections (UTI) was found to be as effective as a 14-day regimen in a randomized, double-blind trial published in JAMA.

Among more than 250 men with suspected symptomatic UTI included in the as-treated analysis, 93.1% of the patients in the 7-day group had resolution of symptoms by 14 days after completing the antibiotic treatment, compared to 90.2% of the patients in the 14-day group. There was a difference of 2.9%, meeting the noninferiority criterion of 10%. A secondary as-randomized analysis conducted among more than 270 men revealed that symptom resolution was noted in 91.9% of the patients in the 7-day regimen group vs. 90.4% in the 14-day regimen group, with a difference of 1.5%... (Medpage Today)