Feasibility of cranberry capsule administration and clean-catch urine collection in long-term care residents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2028-2030

  Juthani Mehta, Manisha ^a   Perley, Lauren ^a   Chen, Shu ^a   Dziura, James ^a   Gupta, Kalpana ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANBERRY EXTRACT; PREDNISONE; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANBERRY JUICE; DRUG CAPSULE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESIDENT; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANBERRY; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE;

AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 78049411037     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03080.x     Document Type: Letter

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