Controlled Trial Comparing Effect of Two and Six Weeks' Treatment in Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection

Patients with recurrent urinary tract infection were allocated at random to two weeks' or six weeks' treatment with an appropriate antibacterial drug. There was no difference in the results achieved by the two different periods of treatment as judged by the presence of infection in the uri...

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Published in:BMJ 1969-04, Vol.2 (5650), p.145-146
Main Authors: Kincaid-Smith, Priscilla, Fairley, Kenneth F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Ampicillin - therapeutic use
Antibacterials
Bacterial load
Bacteriuria
Clinical Trials as Topic
Escherichia coli - isolation & purification
Female
Humans
Infections
Male
Middle Aged
Nitrofurantoin - therapeutic use
Papers and Originals
Proteus - isolation & purification
Statistical significance
Time Factors
Urinary tract
Urinary tract infections
Urinary Tract Infections - drug therapy
Urine
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Summary:Patients with recurrent urinary tract infection were allocated at random to two weeks' or six weeks' treatment with an appropriate antibacterial drug. There was no difference in the results achieved by the two different periods of treatment as judged by the presence of infection in the urine one week and six weeks after treatment was stopped. The urine was clear of infection in a higher percentage of patients following a course of nitrofurantoin than following a course of ampicillin, but the difference was not significant.
ISSN:0007-1447
0959-8138
1468-5833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.2.5650.145