Safety and Efficacy of a Weekly Oral Cyclic Antibiotic Programme in the Prevention of Urinary Tract Infection on Neurological Bladder

The Weekly Oral Cyclic Antibiotic Programme consisted of the alternate administration of an antibiotic once per week. The antibiotics that were chosen (efficient for urinary tract infection, well tolerated, low selection pressure) included : Amoxicillin 6000 mg, Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid 3000 mg, Cefixime 400 mg, Fosfomycin trometamol 6000 mg, Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 2400 mg. During week A,the patient received a single antibiotic (A), and the following week B the patient was given another antibiotic (B). For each patient, antibiotics were specifically chosen according to the results of urine cultures.