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Carolina Ochoa Vargas

Consultant Urological Surgeon at Bristol Urological Institute specializing in functional, reconstructive, and neurourology.

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PODCASTS

Jul 25, 2026

EAU Section of Infections in Urology: Update in the management of recurrent urinary tract infection

Jul 25 · 58m

Chris HardingHOST

31:01

And then she's also going to talk about recurrent UTIs in patients with neurogenic bladders.

Carolina Ochoa VargasGUEST

31:08

Thank you for the invitation.

Carolina Ochoa VargasGUEST

31:10

And I will talk about the methanamine hyperate as a non-antibiotic prophylaxis.

Carolina Ochoa VargasGUEST

31:15

So a little bit of mechanism of action and pharmacology before we start with what's in the evidence.

Carolina Ochoa VargasGUEST

31:23

So it was discovered ages ago, 1859.

Carolina Ochoa VargasGUEST

31:27

What happened with the methamphetamine is that it's hydrolyzed once it is in acidic urine and it decomposes to formaldehyde and ammonia.

Carolina Ochoa VargasGUEST

31:38

And it's that formaldehyde that disrupts the bacterial proteins.

6 MINS LATER

Chris HardingHOST

37:53

But like I say, my clinical experience has been useful in time.