Cranberry or trimethoprim for the prevention of recurrent urinary tract infections? A randomized controlled trial in older women

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 389-395

  Mcmurdo, Marion E T ^a   Argo, Ishbel ^a   Phillips, Gabby ^a   Daly, Fergus ^a   Davey, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Urinary infections; UTIs

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CRAN MAX; CRANBERRY EXTRACT; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIURIA; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FALLING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETHARGY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRAINE; NOCTURIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYDIPSIA; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; SWOLLEN NIPPLE; TASTE DISORDER; THRUSH; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VISUAL DISORDER; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHEMOPREVENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMETHOPRIM; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 58849110888     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn489     Document Type: Article

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