Antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Smaill, Fiona ^a   Vazquez, J C ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*drug therapy ; Anti bacterial agents *therapeutic use ; Bacteriuria complications; Confidence intervals; Odds ratio; Pregnancy complications, infectious *drug therapy ; Pyelonephritis etiology ; Randomized controlled trials as topic

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METHENAMINE HIPPURATE; METHENAMINE MANDELATE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; PLACEBO; SULFADIAZINE; SULFADIMETHOXINE; SULFADIMIDINE; SULFADOXINE; SULFAMETHIZOLE; SULFAMETHOXYPYRIDAZINE; SULFAMETOXYDIAZINE; SULFASYMAZINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRURITUS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VOMITING;

EID: 36649019062     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000490.pub2     Document Type: Review

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