Can cranberry juice be a substitute for cefaclor prophylaxis in children with vesicoureteral reflux?: Rapid Communication

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 433-434

  Nishizaki, Naoto ^a   Someya, Tomonosuke ^a   Hirano, Daishi ^b   Fujinaga, Shuichiro ^b   Ohtomo, Yoshiyuki ^a   Shimizu, Toshiaki ^a   Kaneko, Kazunari ^c  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cranberry juice; Prophylaxis; Urinary tract infection; Vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

CEFACLOR;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANBERRY JUICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; LOOSE FECES; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SAFETY; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BEVERAGES; CEFACLOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 66549097642     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02867.x     Document Type: Article

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