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由RArav-Boger著作·1994·被引用91次—Thespontaneouscureratefora2-dayperiodisminimalinpatientswithbothalowandahighcolonycount,buthalfofthepatientswith ...

Background: The aim of this study was to test whether the spontaneous cure rate is higher in dysuric women with low urinary colony counts (10(2) to 10(4) colony-forming units [cfu] per milliliter) than in women with high colony counts (> or = 10(5) cfu/mL) and whether the response of patients with low colony counts to single-dose treatment is better than those with high colony counts.

Methods: Dysuric women underwent a clinical interview, examination, urine culture, and microscopic examination of urine, and were asked to postpone treatment for 2 days. At that time, the urine tests were repeated. Women with bacterial urinary tract infection were randomized to a group given a single dose of 1200 mg of norfloxacin and to a group treated with 400 mg of norfloxacin twice daily for 7 days. Cure rates were tested at 1 and 5 weeks after treatment.

Results: Of 146 women with urinary tract...