Antiseptic as effective as antibiotics in preventing recurrent UTIs, study results suggest

摘要

Methenamine hippurate, a urinary antiseptic, is no less effective than antibiotics when used as a prophylactic treatment for women with recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs), study results published in the BMJ (https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2021-0068229) on 9 March 2022 suggest. The medicine could therefore be an appropriate non-antibiotic alternative to prophylactic antibiotics, informed by patient preferences and antibiotic stewardship, the authors concluded.