Urologii︠a︡ (Moscow, Russia : 1999)
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The Neurogenic Bladder Symptom Score (NBSS) is widely used now for the bladder symptoms assessment in neurogenic low urinary tract dysfunction. It is suitable for all patients, regardless of a bladder management method. NBSS contains 24 questions, which focus on incontinence, storage and voiding symptoms, urinary complicationsand life quality.With the permission of the authors (Dr.Welk et al.), NBSS had been translated into Russian according to the cultural and lingual adaptation algorithm. ⋯ The Russian version of the NBSS demonstrated good validity and reliability and may be recommended for use in clinical practice.
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Acute cystitis is the most common type of uncomplicated urinary tract infection. A choice of antibiotics for the treatment depends not only on the spectrum of antimicrobial activity against pathogens, but also on the pharmacokinetic properties, due to high urine concentration after single or double use is needed. In addition, high safety profile and acceptable cost are important. Fosfomycin is one of the drugs whose efficiency in treating of patients with lower urinary tract infection is proved. It has been on the pharmaceutical market for a long time and is widely used in urologic practice. There is a risk of a decreasing of efficiency of fosfomycin, considering sustained downward trend in the sensitivity of uropathogens. This causes a need to monitor the resistance of main uropathogens to fosfomycin. In this article our experience of using of fosfomycin for the treatment of women with acute uncomplicated cystitis is presented. ⋯ Based on the results of our study, we recommend the fosfomycin as the first-line treatment of uncomplicated lower urinary tract infection due to broad spectrum, low resistance of uropathogens, high safety profile and good compliancy.