Deborah J. Lightner, M.D.

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• INtravesical Antimicrobial Agents Versus STANDard Oral Antibiotics for the Treatment of Acute Urinary Tract Infection in Women With Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection (INSTANT Study) (INSTANT) Rochester, Minn.

  Women have problems with oral antibiotics, including vagina and bowel infections. Also, bacteria causing urinary infections are becoming more resistant to oral antibiotis. Placement of antibiotic directly into the bladder does not cause these problems and are at doses that are may be able to stop bacteria from being resistant to antibiotics.