<i>Editorial Commentary</i>: Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Might Be Harmful

Abstract

Cai et al present a follow-up study [1] to their previously published prospectively randomized cohort study in which female patients with recurrent urinary tract infec-tion (UTI) were followed clinically, but also investigated microbiologically at regu-lar visits up to 1 year [2]. One group (A) was not treated, and the other group (B) was treated if asymptomatic bacteriuria was diagnosed, with the result that more symptomatic UTIs occurred in group B than in group A. The present study started immediately after the end of the first study. The patients remained in their groups and were followed every 6 months up to about

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DOI

10.1093/cid/civ698

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