Cranberry juice - A well-characterized folk-remedy against bacterial urinary tract infection

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 157, Issue 13-14, 2007, Pages 325-330

  Nowack, Rainer ^a  

^a Dialysis Center Lindau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti adhesive effect; Caries; Cranberry; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori associated; Periodontal disease; Proanthocyanidins

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; CRANBERRY EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PROANTHOCYANIDIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANBERRY; CRANBERRY JUICE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECURRENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 34548459904     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-007-0432-8     Document Type: Review

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