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Trial reportJournal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan2024

Individualized Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment antibiotics for recurrent urinary tract infections: a multicenter, randomized controlled study.

G U Xiangchen, Qiu Meisi, Xie Lin, Chen Min, Deng Yueyi, Zhang Changming, Jian Guihua, Wang Chen, Wang Yi

Abstract readRandomized Controlled TrialMulticenter Study
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Trial report in Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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G U XiangchenDepartment of Nephrology, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China.
Qiu MeisiDepartment of Nephrology, Rizhao Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Rizhao 276800, China.
Xie LinDepartment of Nephrology, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China.
Chen MinDepartment of Nephrology, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China.
Deng YueyiDepartment of Nephrology, Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
Zhang ChangmingDepartment of Nephrology, Shanghai Municipal Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200071, China.
Jian GuihuaDepartment of Nephrology, the Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200233, China.
Wang ChenDepartment of Nephrology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
Wang YiDepartment of Nephrology, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China.

Funding

TCM Guidance Project of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission: Study on TCM Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment Scheme for Chronic Urinary Tract Infection 13401904600
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo systematically assess the effects of individualized Chinese medicines on recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTIs).

methodsThis study recruited 230 adult female patients in the remission phase of rUTIs from five hospitals in China. The patients were randomly allocated to two groups: an individualized Chinese medicine group (

resultsPatients from the Chinese medicine group exhibited significant decreases in both short- and long-term UTI recurrence rates compared with the control group (

conclusionTaken together, compared to the often-used long-term antimicrobial prophylaxis during the remission stage of rUTIs, treating patients with an individualized Chinese medicine decoction by syndrome differentiation could effectively reduce the recurrence rate, improve the patients' TCM syndrome scores and quality of life, and enhance immunity, which in turn helps to prevent antibiotic resistance.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsDrugs, Chinese HerbalRecurrenceUrinary Tract InfectionsAdultAgedFemaleHumansMedicine, Chinese TraditionalMiddle AgedPrecision MedicineTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsDrugs, Chinese Herbalimmunoglobulin A, secretorymedicine, Chinese traditionalquality of liferandomized controlled trialsyndrome differentiationurinary tract infections

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PMID38767636
PMCPMC11077146

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