If a patient with a recurrent UTI develops an acute UTI, a urine culture should be obtained, and an alternate antibiotic agent should be prescribed to treat the infection. The duration of treatment should generally be no longer than 1 week. If the urine cultures indicate resistance to all ava...
If the infection persists after treatment, this may indicate an untreated source, such as an abscess, urinary stone, or prostatitis. The source of these recurrent infections is the same as any uncomplicated cystitis. Typically, the rectal bacterial flora contaminates the periurethral area and ...
Even surgery itself, the cornerstone for initial treatment, has been shown to trigger therapy resistance and tumor recurrence in a preclinical model [11,12]; therefore, the role of conventional therapy for rGBM is limited in patients who have already failed initial treatment. To this end, novel...