High-dosage co-amoxiclav in a single dose versus 7 days of co-trimoxazole as treatment of uncomplicated lower urinary tract infection in women

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 129-137

  Masterton, R G ^a   Bochsler, J A ^b  

^a Department of Aviation Pathology   (United Kingdom)

^b Pasteur Primary Care Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARESTHESIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; CLAVULANIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0028897958     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/35.1.129     Document Type: Article

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