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STUDIES IN URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS

1971; Wiley; Volume: 190; Issue: 1-6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.0954-6820.1971.tb07429.x

0001-6101

Carl Erik Mabeck,

Pelvic floor disorders treatments

Abstract. In a follow‐up study of 214 women with uncomplicated urinary tract infection, recurrent infection occurred more frequently among those infected with sulfona‐mide‐resistant strains on admission than among patients infected with sensitive organisms. The recurrence rate after infections due to sulfonamide‐resistant organisms was nearly the same in sulfonamide‐treated patients as in those treated with antibiotics in accordance with the susceptibility test. Therefore, a positive correlation between bacterial sensitivity and outcome of therapy may not be a simple relationship between susceptibility of the infecting organism and the antimicrobial effect on the bacteria. The outcome of treatment is, however, difficult to evaluate due to a high rate of spontaneous remission in acute uncomplicated urinary tract infection. Increased frequency of sulfonamide‐resistant strains in recurrences after sulfonamide therapy was restricted to reinfections which occurred within two months after treatment. Thereafter and in recrudescence no influence of sulfonamide therapy on the prevalence of sulfonamide‐resistant strains could be demonstrated in comparison with antibiotictreated patients.