Urinary NGF as A Biomarker for Acute Bacterial Cystitis
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2014-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This study will enroll 30 female patients with the first time urinary tract infection (UTI),
30 female patients with recurrent UTI and 10 female without any prior history of UTI or
urinary tract pathology will be invited to serve as the controls. Urine samples will be
collected in the patients at baseline, 7 days after antibiotics treatment, and 2 weeks, 4
weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks. Urinalysis will be performed at each visit and urine culture
will be performed at baseline and at the 2 weeks and 3 months visits. Urine samples at
baseline and 3 months will be collected from the controls for comparison.