Women's quality of life is decreased by acute cystitis and antibiotic adverse effects associated with treatment

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ernst, Erika J ^a   Ernst, Michael E ^a,b   Hoehns, James D ^a,d   Bergus, George R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Northeast Iowa Medical Education Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HORMONE; NITROFURANTOIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; URINARY TRACT ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TABLET; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VAGINITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NITROFURANTOIN; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 27344454848     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-3-45     Document Type: Article

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