Prophylaxis for recurrent urinary tract infections: Nitrofurantoin, not trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole or cranberry juice. Reply

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-83

  Beerepoot, Mariëlle A J ^a   Prins, Jan M ^a   Geerlings, Suzanne E ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; CRANBERRY EXTRACT; FOSFOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; URINARY TRACT ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTINUOUS PROPHYLAXIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LUNG DISEASE; NOTE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTCOITAL PROPHYLAXIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CRANBERRY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; PREMENOPAUSE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREMENOPAUSE; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 84855590004     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.614     Document Type: Note

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