概括
短期抗微生物治疗有效治疗老年妇女无症状细菌性尿症. 这种治疗至少可以在六个月内消除细菌,减少症状性尿路感染.
科学领域:
- 老年病的医生 老年病的医生
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科
背景情况:
- 无症状的细菌性尿症在老年妇女中很常见.
- 在非住院的老年妇女中治疗无症状细菌尿的必要性尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 评估抗微生物治疗与不治疗无症状细菌尿的疗效,在老年门诊非住院妇女.
主要方法:
- 预期随机化研究.
- 没有治疗组的61名女性和治疗组的63名女性.
- 对治疗组进行的短期抗微生物疗法.
- 六个月的随访期.
主要成果:
- 治疗后两周,治疗组中的68.3%的女性治愈了.
- 无治疗组的16.4%患者出现了症状性尿路感染,而治疗组的7.9%患者出现了症状性尿路感染.
- 六个月后,63.6%的治疗组仍然没有细菌尿,而无治疗组的这一比例为34.5%.
结论:
- 短期抗微生物治疗是有效的治疗无症状的细菌性尿症在老年人门诊非住院妇女.
- 抗微生物治疗可以消除细菌性尿至少六个月.
- 治疗可以减少症状性尿路感染的发生率.
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