Increasing rates of resistance to trimethoprim in E. Coli have resulted in nitrofurantoin taking on a larger role in therapy. AMBOSS supports this and it is further confirmed by StatPearls:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470526/
Current therapy for an E. Coli UTI begins with nitrofurantoin
Source: AMBOSS - https://next.amboss.com/us/article/7i04Gf?q=nitrofurantoin+urinary+tract+infections+%28utis%29&v=overview#Zc27d78347d45b1423debf25ad883dd4c
https://next.amboss.com/us/article/Sn0ysg?q=e%20coli%20uti#Z2018b58c3c7835457287264e40fa1a3c
The link you attached shows that it is an empiric treatment. But this link shows that TMPSMX and cipro are preffered if E coli is known to be causative

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