Prevention of urinary tract infection in spinal cord-injured patients: Safety and efficacy of a weekly oral cyclic antibiotic (WOCA) programme with a 2 year follow-up - An observational prospective study

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 784-788

  Salomon, Jérôme ^a   Denys, Pierre ^a   Merle, Corinne ^a   Chartier Kastler, Emmanuel ^a   Perronne, Christian ^a   Gaillard, Jean Louis ^a   Bernard, Louis ^a  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescription; Antibiotic therapy; Antimicrobial susceptibility; Healthcare associated infections; Infection control; UTIs

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFIXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN TROMETAMOL; NITROFURANTOIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33645113740     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl010     Document Type: Article

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