Long-term antibiotics for the prevention of recurrent urinary tract infection in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 499-508

  Dai, Bing ^a   Liu, Yawei ^a   Jia, Jieshuang ^a   Mei, Changlin ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; PIVMECILLINAM; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; KIDNEY SCAR; LONG TERM CARE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; VOMITING;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; INFANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 77953756359     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.173112     Document Type: Article

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