The Chronic urinary tract infection clinic, Artemis Cystitis at 10 Harley Street was started by my father, Professor James Malone-Lee in 2017.
It was opened to help people who suffer from the horrific effects of chronic urinary infection.
He established the clinic on his own with Martel leading the administration side. Over time the team would expand. We were all in awe of his mind, drive and endless dedication to treating the patients, with strict adherence to science. He wanted doctors from various fields of medicine to work at the clinic encouraging different perspectives and to raise awareness of this condition across the wider professional groups.
Even in the last days of life his focus was making sure the Harley Street clinic would continue.
The clinic holds to his philosophy and methods in treating infections based on years of research led by himself. His objective was to diagnose and treat chronic urinary infections with a view to stop the unrecognised condition ruling people’s lives.
Professor Malone-Lee was loved by all at 10 Harley Street. His character, dapper suit and red braces still echo around the building today.
We are a team of doctors specialising in the diagnosis and treatment of recurrent and chronic urinary tract infection (UTIs). The clinic was established by the late Professor James Malone-Lee, who dedicated over forty years of his career to understanding this difficult condition, and then trained us in his methods.
Many of our patients will describe experiencing persistent symptoms of urinary infection but being told that there is no problem when their urine is tested. There is good reason for this; it is the patient’s symptoms that are accurate and not the tests. We have accomplished some exhaustive studies that have produced some telling results that have now been confirmed by other centres.
The NHS website gives the following description of chronic UTI:
‘In some people UTI symptoms do not go away. Short-term antibiotics do not work and urine tests do not show an infection. This might mean you have a chronic (long-term) UTI. This can be caused by bacteria entering the lining of the bladder.’
Treatment usually requires long courses of narrow spectrum antibiotics, a great amount of patience and dogged persistence with the management regime and careful monitoring of the condition under a specialist team. However, in time these chronic symptoms can be cleared and a patient can expect to get back to a normal life.