Recurrent urinary tract infection in the female

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 537-543

  Dwyer, Peter L ^a,c   O'Reilly, Mary ^b  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^b BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Pregnancy; Prevention; Recurrence; Treatment; UTI

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTACID AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CINOXACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; FUSIDIC ACID; IRON; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHOTREXATE; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PLACEBO; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; SULFONAMIDE; THEOPHYLLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VIRULENCE FACTOR; WARFARIN;

AGING; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIURIA; BLOOD DYSCRASIA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COITUS; CRANBERRY; CYSTOSCOPY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FETOTOXICITY; FRUIT JUICE; HEMOLYSIS; HEREDITY; HOST; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; KERNICTERUS; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG TOXICITY; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROTOXICITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PELVIS SURGERY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036823399     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-200210000-00016     Document Type: Review

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