Thirty patients with recurrent urinary tract infections who had failed to respond to previous extended treatment with Sulphadimidine and/or Ampicillin were treated with a Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole combination ‘Septrin’. Twenty six per cent developed allergic reactions.
In those who completed a 3-months' course there was a 59 per cent success rate in eradicating bacteriuria at a 6-months follow-up.
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