Examination of the Efficacy of Preventive Antibiotic Treatment During the Puerperium Among Pregnant Women With Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Urinary tract infection is the most common bacterial infection during pregnancy. Asymptomatic bacteriuria is the most common infection, in up to 8% of the population. Symptomatic infection may cause cystitis or cause pyelonephritis.

Among pregnant women with recurrent bacteriuria, preventive antibiotic treatment has been found to be efficacious in reducing the bacteriuria rate and the complications.

the changes of the urinary tract which appear during pregnancy usually resolve up to 3 months post-partum.

The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of preventive antibiotic treatment during the puerperium.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: HaEmek Medical Center, Israel
• Treatments: Amoxicillin; Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antibiotics, Antitubercular; Cefuroxime; Cefuroxime axetil; Cephalexin; Clavulanic Acid; Clavulanic Acids; Nitrofurantoin; Sulfamethoxazole; Trimethoprim; Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women with two or more episodes of bacteriuria or one episode of pyelonephritis during pregnancy.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women with malformations of the urinary tract

• women with risk factors to urinary tract infections, for example DIABETES MELLITUS, REFLUX.

• Women with urinary tract infection caused by resistant bacteria (to conventional treatment)