Efficacy of single-dose versus seven-day trimethoprim treatment of cystitis in women: A randomized double-blind study

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 942-947

  Österberg, Eva ^a   Åberg, Hans ^a   Hallander, Hans O ^a   Kallner, Anders ^a   Lundin, Arne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; FIMBRIA; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; TOXICODERMA; URINE CULTURE; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYSTITIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRIMETHOPRIM;

EID: 0025360842     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/161.5.942     Document Type: Article

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