Pilot randomized controlled dosing study of cranberry capsules for reduction of bacteriuria plus pyuria in female nursing home residents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1180-1181

  Bianco, Luann ^a   Perrelli, Eleanor ^a   Towle, Virginia ^a   Van Ness, Peter H ^a   Juthani Mehta, Manisha ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANBERRY EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PROANTHOCYANIDIN;

BACTERIURIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ELDERLY CARE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PYURIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

BACTERIURIA; CAPSULES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PILOT PROJECTS; PLACEBOS; PYURIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 84862170049     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03976.x     Document Type: Letter

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