title: Recurrent urinary tract infections. Therapeutic considerations.
abstract: Urinary tract infections can recur because of bacterial persistence after chemotherapy or because of reinfection. Treatment of bacterial persistence varies with the cause. Chemoprophylaxis has helped to reduce the incidence of reinfection.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000892:Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000150:complications; D012008:Recurrence; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000892:Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary