Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common complaint in general practice. Although unusual in boys and otherwise healthy younger men, they are much more frequent in older people, and in women of any age. One in five women will have at least one UTI during their life, and for about one in thirty it will be a recurrent problem.
A one-off UTI generally responds well to antibiotics but recurrent infections pose more of a challenge and often require repeated courses or even long-term daily preventive dosing. Which is where the vaccine Uromune may help. This pineapple-flavoured mouth spray protects against four bacteria that commonly cause UTIs and trial results just released show that it “cured” about half of the volunteers taking it. It was a
