title: [Ozone therapy: a potential adjunct approach to lower urinary tract infection? A case series report].
abstract: Multi-resistant drug bacteria are an emerging health care concern around the world. A decreased resistance to infection as seen in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and kidney transplanted patients as well as some metabolic abnormalities such as hyperglycemia and glycosuria or clinical conditions such as the neurogenic bladder may indeed portend a great risk of recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI). The common and indiscriminate use of antibiotics often provides the patients with only a transient or partial amelioration of the urinary tract discomforts and increases the risk of multi-resistant drug bacteria selection. Thus a great effort is made in order to develop new antibacterial approaches especially in the setting of multi- antibiotic resistant pathogens. We herein report on some promising yet preliminary results of the use of ozone therapy in UTI.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bonforte
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bellasi
authors.forename: Hilary
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Riva
authors.forename: Mariangela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferradini
authors.forename: Emilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arrighi
authors.forename: Gianna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Groppi
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Minoretti
authors.forename: Marianno
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Franzini
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010126:Ozone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D010126:Ozone