Antibiotic versus cranberry in the treatment of uncomplicated urinary infection: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study was designed to determine the effect of cranberry extract used in patients with single urinary tract infections.

Methods

Patients with simple-type urinary tract infections were divided into two groups. Treatment with fosfomycin or cranberry tablet was started. On days 1, 3, and 7 of the treatment, whether there was a decrease in the complaints was evaluated with a Likert-type scale. The recovery status of urinary tract infections and the well-being of patients were compared via antibiotic and cranberry groups.

Results

After the treatment, the leukocyte levels of the cranberry users were at the same level as those of the other group, and the rate of well-being and the portion of patients that reported to be "very well" on days 3 and 7 in the cranbe

SUBMITTER: Guven O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10740184 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature