Prevention of Cystitis: Travelling between the Imaginary and Reality

Vecchio, Mariacristina; Iroz, Alison; Seksek, Isabelle

doi:10.1159/000488224

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“…5 In rare cases, disease progression may result in patients developing significant complications such as pyelonephritis and sepsis. 6 Recurrent cystitis imposes a substantial burden on the health care system due to associated clinic visits, urologic evaluation, antimicrobial therapy, and health counseling. Moreover, it impacts the patient's quality of life and renders them socially and functionally handicapped due to physical discomfort, psychological distress, medical costs, time lost from work as well as the impaired sexual life.…”

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Overview of the causes and types of recurrent cystitis

Alaryan

Alajmi²,

Alkhudhair³

et al. 2022

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Bacterial cystitis accounts for the majority of urinary tract infection (UTI). It is frequently found in young, otherwise healthy females showing no signs of anatomical or physiological urinary tract defects. Among young women who have experienced an episode of acute bacterial cystitis, 25% to 50% develop recurrent episodes. Individuals with recurrent cystitis episodes have a greater susceptibility to urogenital colonization with uropathogens that thrive by adhering to uroepithelial cells. Further, there is an increased likelihood of infection with an antibiotic resistant uropathogen due to previous antimicrobial therapy for recurring infections. At each step of the pathogenesis, different host genetic, biologic, and behavioral factors, and bacterial factors interact and influence susceptibility to recurrent cystitis. Behavioral factors like sexual intercourse, use of spermicidal contraceptives and history of recurrent cystitis are major independent risk factors for recurrent cystitis infections. In post-menopausal women without comorbidities, estrogen depletion is mainly responsible for increased susceptibility to recurrent cystitis. Certain strain-specific bacterial virulence determinants may also contribute to recurrent cystitis by providing a selective advantage. Phenotypically, recurrent cystitis is categorized as reinfection or bacterial persistence. Majority of recurrent cystitis cases seen in men occur due to structural or functional abnormalities of the urinary bladder which allows same pathogens from the same site in the bladder to cause recurrences due to bacterial persistence. The concept of ‘uncomplicated’ and ‘complicated’ recurrent cystitis is used for classification of recurrent cystitis cases, similar to UTIs. Uncomplicated recurrent cystitis comprises cases occurring in young, healthy, nonpregnant women, mainly due to uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Due to the unique spectrum of host-bacterial interactions in the urinary tract, the distinction between complicated and uncomplicated recurrent cystitis is not straightforward. ‘Complicating’ factors such as structural, obstructive, neoplastic, functional, and neurological abnormalities of the urinary tract, systemic conditions including pregnancy, and certain demographic factors are attributed in the development of complicated recurrent bacterial cystitis.

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Overview of the causes and types of recurrent cystitis

Alaryan

Alajmi²,

Alkhudhair³

et al. 2022

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Ist die antibakterielle Langzeitprophylaxe immer noch alternativlos?

Beetz

2020

Urologe

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Results of open prospective study of clinical assessment of efficacy and safety of Nifuratel during exacerbations of recurrent cystitis

Moskvina

Евдокимов

Spivak

2021

Medicinskij alfavit

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The article presents the results of an open prospective study of the clinical assessment of the efficacy and safety of the use of nifuratel during exacerbations of recurrent cystitis. The aim of the program was to assess the change in the duration of the relapse-free course of recurrent cystitis and the effectiveness of the course treatment with Nifuratel-SZ in the treatment of recurrent cystitis. During a non-interventional program, Nifuratel-SZ has been shown to be an effective and well-tolerated drug for the treatment of recurrent uncomplicated lower urinary tract infection.

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Prevention of Cystitis: Travelling between the Imaginary and Reality

Cited by 3 publications

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Overview of the causes and types of recurrent cystitis

Overview of the causes and types of recurrent cystitis

Ist die antibakterielle Langzeitprophylaxe immer noch alternativlos?

Results of open prospective study of clinical assessment of efficacy and safety of Nifuratel during exacerbations of recurrent cystitis

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