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UTI Prophylaxis Raises Resistance Risk

Study finds more resistance on culture, no significant rise in severe infections

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    Study involved 48,297 women aged 18+ with recurrent UTIs.

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    Prophylactic antibiotics linked to increased antimicrobial resistance.

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    No statistically significant increase in hospital admissions for antibiotic-resistant infections.

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    31% of prophylaxis group had resistance to at least one antibiotic.

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    Escherichia coli was the most common uropathogen identified.

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    Study emphasizes the difference between microbiological resistance and clinical outcomes.

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UTI Prophylaxis Raises Resistance Risk

  • by Jess Allerton

  • March 30, 2026

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