| Cystitis is an infection of the bladder, but the term is often used
indiscriminately and covers a range of infections and irritations in the lower urinary
system. It causes burning sensations during urination and a frequent need to urinate.
Infection from intestinal bacteria is by far the most frequent cause of cystitis,
especially among women, who have a very short urethra (the tube through which the urine
passes from the bladder to the outside). Normally, urine is sterile (there are no
micro-organisms such as bacteria present). Between 20 to 40 per cent of women will get
cystitis in their lifetime. Phage Therapy
Phage Therapy Center
Phage Therapy Center treats antibiotic-resistant infections. [More information...]
Additional Information About Phage Therapy for This Condition
Evergreen State College
Phage Therapy as Antibiotics
March
2000 Addendum
Eliava Institute
List of Bacteriophages
Medical Information
AllRefer
Cystitis - Acute Bacterial
OBGYN.net
Bacterial Cystitis
Women's Health Concern
Fact
Sheet: CYSTITIS
PrWeb, October 19, 2004
Cystitis
Antibiotics Damaging Women’s Health, but New Solution Offers Hope
Most antibiotics, like all drugs, have some adverse effects, and the side-effects of some
commonly used antibiotics can be very dangerous. Plus, the bacteria that typically affect
us are growing more and more resistant to antibiotics, with the result that there are now
E.coli bugs, like the potentially deadly strain, 0157:H7 that are resistant to almost
everything medically available, including broad-spectrum antibiotics. See http://waterfall-d-mannose.com/e-coli-bug.htm
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: Mechanisms and Clinical Observations
Novel therapies, such as vaccine-based immunotherapies, phage therapy, and gene
therapies to reverse drug resistance, may offer long-term solutions to the problem of VRE.
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