Randomised controlled trial: RIVUR trial offers confirmatory evidence for a small but real benefit of antibiotics for UTI prevention in children

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 229-230

  Williams, Abrielle ^a,b   Craig, Jonathan ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PLACEBO; URINARY TRACT ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; MALE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 84911409108     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: 14736810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebmed-2014-110070     Document Type: Article

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