by Flinders University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Drinking cranberry juice has long been a mythical prevention strategy for women who develop a urinary tract infection—and new medical evidence shows consuming cranberry products is an effective way to prevent a UTI before it gets started. A global study looking at the benefits of cranberry products published in Cochrane Reviews has determined cranberry juice,...
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY An international study led by a Rutgers scientist comparing new and older treatments against complicated urinary tract infections has found a new drug combination to be more effective, especially against stubborn, drug-resistant infections. Describing the results in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers in the ALLIUM Phase 3 clinical trial showed that a combination...
by Karolinska Institutet Huge clumps of E. coli (red) infecting diabetic mouse bladder. Credit: Soumitra Mohanty Lower immunity and recurring infections are common in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now show that the immune systems of people with diabetes have lower levels of the antimicrobial peptide psoriasin, which compromises...
by Centenary Institute Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research by the Centenary Institute suggests that commonly prescribed anticoagulants—medicines, such as aspirin, that help prevent blood clots—may make urinary tract infections (UTIs) more severe. One of the most common infections worldwide, UTIs are not normally serious or life threatening but in rare cases can progress into sepsis,...
The first line of treatment for a urinary tract infection (UTI) is antibiotics. However, some people may take cranberry supplements or drink cranberry juice to reduce their risk of developing one. Research is conflicted about whether cranberry juice is an effective method of treatment or prevention. Sex and gender exist on spectrums. This article will use the...
by Duke University Medical Center Immune cells (green) infiltrating the bladder lining (red) to fight off invading bacteria. Blue areas are nuclei of other bladder tissue cells. Credit: Duke Health Anyone who has ever developed a urinary tract infection (UTI) knows that it can be painful, pesky and persistent. UTIs have a high recurrence rate and...
SOCIETY FOR HEALTHCARE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AMERICA NEW YORK (February 24, 2021) — Nearly half of women with uncomplicated urinary tract infections received the wrong antibiotics and almost three-quarters received prescriptions for longer than necessary, with inappropriately long treatment durations more common in rural areas, according to a study of private insurance claims data published today...
PLOS IMAGE: During a urinary tract infection, uropathogenic Escherichia coli (their DNA is marked in red) producing the genotoxin colibactin and forming bacterial communities within the superficial cells of the bladder (the nucleus of the cells is marked in blue, their cellular sugar content is marked in green), here six hours after a replicated infection...
Researchers in infection biology have developed a new way to detect hidden urinary tract infections. The research was led by Professor Agneta Richter-Dahlfors, head of the Swedish Medical Nanoscience Center at Karolinska Institutet and published in NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes. Bacteria can persist in the urinary tract for prolonged periods of time, evading capture by...
