Common questions about recurrent urinary tract infections in women

American Family Physician

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 560-569

  Arnold, James J ^a,b   Hehn, Laura E ^a   Klein, David A ^a,b  

^a National Capital Consortium   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFACLOR; CEFALEXIN; CEFDINIR; CEFPODOXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CYSTITIS; CYSTOSCOPY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84962464690     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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