Antibacterial therapy for acute cystitis in the age of growing pathogen resistance
Siniakova, L.A.
Terapevticheskii Arkhiv 86(4): 125-129
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 0040-3660 PMID: 24864480 Document Number: 673857
Acute cystitis refers to uncomplicated lower urinary tract infections, with the recurrence rates after the first cystitis episode being 50%. The basic treatment for the above diseases is antibacterial therapy, whose efficiency depends entirely on the right choice of a drug during initial empiric therapy. The paper gives the European Association of Urology guidelines and Russian guidelines, which are based on the results of both international (ARESC) and Russian (DARMIS) studies of urinary tract infection pathogens and their susceptibility to antibacterial drugs. Phosphomycin trometamol and furasidine potassium are the drugs of choice to treat acute cystitis in Russia now.