Effectiveness of five different approaches in management of urinary tract infection: Randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7743, 2010, Pages 405-

  Little, P ^a   Moore, M V ^a   Turner, S ^a   Rumsby, K ^a   Warner, G ^b   Lowes, J A ^c   Smith, H ^d   Hawke, C ^e   Leydon, G ^a   Arscott, A ^a   Turner, D ^c   Mullee, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Nightingale Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NITRITE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG USE; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOCTURIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; THRUSH; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE ODOR; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLICATION; TEST STRIP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REAGENT STRIPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149175955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c199     Document Type: Article

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