Is single-dose fosfomycin trometamol a good alternative for asymptomatic bacteriuria in the second trimester of pregnancy?

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 525-529

  Bayrak, Ömer ^a   Çimentepe, Ersin ^a   Inegöl, Ilknur ^a   Atmaca, Ali Fuat ^b   Duvan, Candan Iltemir ^a   Koç, Akif ^a   Turhan, Nilgün Öztürk ^a  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Turkey)

^b Ataturk Education and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic urinary tract infection; Cefuroxime axetyl; Fosfomycin trometamol

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; FOSFOMYCIN TROMETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

EID: 34147183854     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-006-0190-y     Document Type: Article

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