Antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Smaill, Fiona M ^a   Vazquez, Juan C ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENDOCRINOLOGÍA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METHENAMINE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BACTERIURIA; COMPLICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BACTERIURIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84991221072     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000490.pub3     Document Type: Review

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