Chinese herbal medicine for treating recurrent urinary tract infections in women

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Flower, Andrew ^a   Wang, Li Qiong ^b   Lewith, George ^c   Liu, Jian Ping ^b   Li, Qing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c Southampton   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BAI TOU WENG TANG; BU SHEN JIAN PI HUO XUE JIE DU TANG; BUSHEN TONGLIN TANG; ER XIAN TANG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEVOFLOXACIN; NING MI TAI; OFLOXACIN; PLACEBO; QING RE JIE DU TIAO GAN TANG; SAN JIN; SAN JIN PIAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ERXIAN TANG;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSURIA; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER TOXICITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SHORT FORM 36; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84950104249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010446.pub2     Document Type: Review

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