Do we know the best ways to prevent and treat UTIs?

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Australia; VIC; QLD

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Australian experts have helped put together clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of urinary tract infections but they were only about to give clear recommendations on 6 out of the 37 questions covering the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of UTIs. Of the strategies to prevent UTIs - they could provide clear recommendations for the use of cranberry products, vaginal estrogen and the drug methenamine hippurate. The researchers say that despite decades of research and nearly 1000 studies reviewed, they remain unable to provide a clear recommendation on many, even some essential, aspects of the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of urinary tract infections.

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conference: JAMA Network Open

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Organisation/s: The University of Queensland, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne, Park Nicollet Health Services, USA

Funder: Dr Hanretty reported receiving personal fees from Abbvie outside the submitted work. Dr Olney reported receiving grants from the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists outside the submitted work. Dr Chahine reported receiving personal fees from Seqirus, Gilead, and Shionogi outside the submitted work. Dr Joseph reported receiving grants from Pfizer, nonfinancial support from Eumedica, and personal fees from Glaxo-Smith-Kline, Advanz Pharma, Pfizer, Biomerieux, and Global Access Diagnostics outside the submitted work. Dr T. Lee reported receiving salary support from Fonds de Recherche du Quebec—Sante Research and grants from Canadian Institutes of Health Research Operating Funds for clinical trials outside the submitted work. Dr McDonald reported being a member of the WikiGuidelines board and receiving governmental research salary support from Fonds de Recherche du Quebec—Sante outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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