Cranberries and lower urinary tract infection prevention

Lower urinary tract infections are very common diseases. Recurrent urinary tract infections remain challenging to treat because the main treatment option is long-term antibiotic prophylaxis; however, this poses a risk for the emergence of bacterial resistance. Some options to avoid this risk are ava...

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Autores principales: Hisano, Marcelo, Bruschini, Homero, Nicodemo, Antonio Carlos, Srougi, Miguel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3370320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22760907
http://dx.doi.org/10.6061/clinics/2012(06)18
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description Lower urinary tract infections are very common diseases. Recurrent urinary tract infections remain challenging to treat because the main treatment option is long-term antibiotic prophylaxis; however, this poses a risk for the emergence of bacterial resistance. Some options to avoid this risk are available, including the use of cranberry products. This article reviews the key methods in using cranberries as a preventive measure for lower urinary tract infections, including in vitro studies and clinical trials.
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spelling pubmed-33703202012-06-11 Cranberries and lower urinary tract infection prevention Hisano, Marcelo Bruschini, Homero Nicodemo, Antonio Carlos Srougi, Miguel Clinics (Sao Paulo) Review Lower urinary tract infections are very common diseases. Recurrent urinary tract infections remain challenging to treat because the main treatment option is long-term antibiotic prophylaxis; however, this poses a risk for the emergence of bacterial resistance. Some options to avoid this risk are available, including the use of cranberry products. This article reviews the key methods in using cranberries as a preventive measure for lower urinary tract infections, including in vitro studies and clinical trials. Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo 2012-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3370320/ /pubmed/22760907 http://dx.doi.org/10.6061/clinics/2012(06)18 Text en Copyright © 2012 Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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