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Comparison of complicated urinary tract infections in men and women

Vergleich von komplizierten Harnwegsinfektionen bei Männern und Frauen

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Whether or not the efficacy of antimicrobial agents in complicated urinary tract infection (UTI) in men and women can be evaluated with the same protocol was studied in a total of 416 male and 387 female patients. Clinical and bacteriological efficacies achieved in male patients were significantly lower than those achieved in female patients. The most important reason for the difference in clinical and bacteriological efficacies was due to the difference of infecting organisms between male and female patients. It was concluded that complicated UTI in men and women can alternatively be studied with the same protocol in so far as the results were stratified according to sex and infecting organism.

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Bei insgesamt 460 Männern und 387 Frauen wurde geprüft, inwieweit die Wirksamkeit von antibakteriellen Substanzen bei Männern und Frauen mit komplizierten Harnwegsinfektionen (HWI) mit dem gleichen Studienprotokoll untersucht werden kann. Die klinische und bakteriologische Wirksamkeit war bei Männern signifikant geringer als bei Frauen. Als die dafür wichtigste Ursache kann der Unterschied im Erregerspektrum gelten. Die Studie ergab, daß Männer und Frauen mit kompliziertem HWI nach dem gleichen Studienprotokoll behandelt werden können, wenn die Ergebnisse nach Geschlecht und Erreger stratifiziert werden.

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Kawada, Y. Comparison of complicated urinary tract infections in men and women. Infection 22 (Suppl 1), S55–S57 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01716048

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