[Experience of application of hormonal and probiotic therapy in the complex treatment of women in peri- and postmenopausal with chronic recurrent bacterial cystitis in the background of vulvovaginal atrophy].

Introduction: Lower urinary tract infections (LUTI) are one of the most common diseases among women. The risk of LUTI increases with the onset of peri- and postmenopause. Vulvovaginal atrophy occurs in 30% of women aged 55 years and 75% of women aged 70 years. Currently, local hormone therapy is the main method of its treatment. However, different variants of complex therapy are also used.

Materials And Methods: The study included 60 women aged with the diagnosis: "Postmenopausal atrophic vaginitis. Chronic recurrent bacterial cystitis in the acute stage". The patients were divided into 2 groups of 30 people. In group 1 was carried out etiotropic antibiotic therapy in combination with local use of single-agent preparation or estriol for 3 months. In group 2, the patients received antibiotics in combination with Triozhinal for 3 months. The effectiveness was monitored on the 1st and 7th day of therapy, as well as 3 months after the start of treatment.

Results: At admission in both groups there were signs of vulvovaginal atrophy and exacerbation of chronic cystitis. Complex therapy with Triozhinal, containing lyophilized culture of lactobacilli L. casei rhamnosus Doderleini, contributed to the normalization of PH, restoration of vaginal biocinosis, and, consequently, reduce the severity of complaints of dryness and burning in the vagina, dyspareunia. Thus, despite the reduction of symptoms in the majority of women, the proportion of such patients in group 2 was higher and amounted to 96.7% against 83.3% in group 1. Supportive reception of the drug for 3 months. it allowed to preserve the normocinosis of the vagina until the restoration of its trophic, as well as to reduce the frequency of bacteriuria and leukocyturia by 20% compared with the results of group 1, and to significantly reduce the number of relapses of infection (p<0.05).

Conclusion: Triozhinal improves the results of treatment of recurrent urinary infection in women with vulvovaginal atrophy in peri- and postmenopausal and can be recommended for use in combination therapy.