Diagnosis and management of recurrent urinary tract infections in non-pregnant women

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7910, 2013, Pages

  Gupta, Kalpana ^a,b   Trautner, Barbara W ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR1; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR2; CINOXACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CRANBERRY EXTRACT; ESTROGEN; FOSFOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PIVMECILLINAM; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPERMICIDAL AGENT; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BURNING SENSATION; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTITIS; CYSTOSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG TOXICITY; NAUSEA; PATHOGENESIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPOTTING; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84878592641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f3140     Document Type: Review

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