title: [Treatment and prophylaxis of recurrent urinary tract infections].
abstract: Recurrent urinary tract infections are typical diseases of sexually active young women. Only elder women show significant rates of underlying, mostly urological diseases. Besides behavioral changes long-term antimicrobial therapy is still the mainstay of both prophylaxis and therapy. This report provides information on the etiology for recurrent urinary tract infections. Strategies for prevention are illustrated. The actual significances of organic remedies and antibiotics respectively are discussed; ineffective therapies are identified. Furthermore an outlook is given on promising novel therapeutics, i.e. vaccines which are already tested in clinical trials.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II-Nephrologie, Klinikum der Universität Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg. bernhard.banas@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Banas
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Krämer
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014930:Women; D016387:Women's Health
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines