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Cystitis not straightforward

April 1999 Women's Health Watch

Researchers at the University of Washington (Seattle) School of Medicine have discovered that many bugs found in cystitis are resistant to antibiotics.

Escherichia coli and staphylococcus saprophyticus were the two most commonly found pathogens and there was a pattern of resistance to ampicillin, cephalothin and sylphamethoxadale which has been increasing over time.

Fewer bugs were resistant to trimethoprim-sulphamethoxzoale - the drug most often used to treat cystitis - but there was also a pattern of resistance increasing over time. Fewer bugs were resistant to less commonly used antibiotics such as nitrofurantoin and gentamicin.

The study highlighted the need to prevent infections and thus decrease the need for antibiotics.
Ref: JAMA 1999; 281: 736-38

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WHIS Factsheet: Cystitis