title: Wine in the prevention of chronic bacterial urinary infection.
abstract: The observation of statistical public health data, together with lifestyle in a still native population following a strict Mediterranean diet, where local wine consumption of approximately 350 ml daily still has a primary role, demonstrates that this area, Pantelleria, also called the Black Pearl, has better regulation of common intestinal motor disorders. The incidence of chronic bacterial urinary infection is 30% lower than the national average. Further open laboratory studies should be performed to confirm our data and to elucidate whether protection against chronic bacterial urinary infection is congenital or acquired.
authors.affiliation: peppetrapani@katamail.com
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Trapani
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D038441:Diet, Mediterranean; D006801:Humans; D019083:Mediterranean Region / Q000453:epidemiology; D011634:Public Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014920:Wine