Asymptomatic bacteriuria in freely voiding elderly subjects. Long-term continuous vs pulse treatment with ofloxacin

Clinical Drug Investigation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 187-195

  Giamarellou, H ^a   Dontas, A S ^a   Zorbas, P ^a   Staszewska Pistoni, M ^a   Xirouchaki, E ^a   Petrikkos, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; OFLOXACIN; UREA;

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERTIGO;

EID: 0031977693     PISSN: 11732563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00044011-199815030-00003     Document Type: Article

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