Effect of cranberry capsules on bacteriuria plus pyuria among olderwomen in nursing homes: A randomized clinical trial

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 1879-1887

  Juthani Mehta, Manisha ^a   Van Ness, Peter H ^a   Bianco, Luann ^a   Rink, Andrea ^a   Rubeck, Sabina ^a   Ginter, Sandra ^a   Argraves, Stephanie ^a   Charpentier, Peter ^a   Acampora, Denise ^a   Trentalange, Mark ^a   Quagliarello, Vincent ^a   Peduzzi, Peter ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MICROCAPSULE; PLANT EXTRACT;

AGED; BACTERIURIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANBERRY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROCAPSULE; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NURSING HOME; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; PYURIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIURIA; CAPSULES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PYURIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 84995792968     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.16141     Document Type: Article

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