Single-Dose Compared With 3-Day Norfloxacin Treatment of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection in Women

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 1233-1237

  Saginur, Raphael ^a   Nicolle, Lindsay E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORFLOXACIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NORFLOXACIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0026663949     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1992.00400180091014     Document Type: Article

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