Effectiveness of estriol-containing vaginal pessaries and nitrofurantoin macrocrystal therapy in the prevention of recurrent urinary tract infection in postmenopausal women

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1362-1368

  Raz, Raul ^a,c   Colodner, R ^a   Rohana, Y ^d   Battino, S ^b   Rottensterich, E ^d   Wasser, I ^d   Stamm, W ^e  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Omer Clinic   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d Zvulun Outpatient Clinic   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRIOL; NITROFURANTOIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIURIA; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METRORRHAGIA; PH; PNEUMONIA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URTICARIA; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA PESSARY; VAGINA PH; VAGINAL PRURITUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; ESTRIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NITROFURANTOIN; PESSARIES; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0038468842     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374341     Document Type: Article

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