Research project: D-fRUTI - D-mannose for recurrent UTI
Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections (RUTIs), where patients experience more than three UTI episodes in a year, or two in 6 months, are common among women, affecting up to 800000 women in the UK annually. RUTIs have a major impact on a woman’s quality of life and are usually treated with frequent courses of antibiotics. Taking either daily preventative antibiotics or frequent courses of antibiotics for UTI can cause side effects and increase the likelihood of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistant UTIs are harder to treat and cause longer and more severe symptoms. It would be useful to find alternative approaches to recurrent UTI to relieve the symptoms and to help reduce dependence on antibiotics.