Cochrane Database of Systematic ReviewsMilo G, Katchman EA, Paul M, Christiaens T, Baerheim A, Leibovici L. Duration of antibacterial treatment for un- complicated urinary tract infection in women. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005;(2):CD004682....
In this study, fleroxacin (FLRX), a new quinolone derivative, was orally given at 300 mg once daily for 14 days to 102 patients with non-catheterized complicated urinary tract infections in order to determine the optimal treatment duration. We investigated its efficacy at day 5-7 and day 14...
(LOS) are associated with the rate of hospital-acquired urinary tract infections (UTI), while taking into account type of urinary catheter used, the most common organisms found, patient diagnosis on admission, associated comorbidities, age, sex, precautions that should be taken to avoid UTI, and...
difficile infection, presumably this should decrease the risk of infection. There have been other attempts to shorten antibiotic therapy that do not fall into the prospective, randomized studies included above. Using objective measures to guide antibiotic duration instead of arbitrarily deciding treatment ...
Comparative studies of ceftriaxone and cefotaxime in the treatment of complicated urinary tract infection. A double blind comparison of ceftriaxone, a new parenteral cephalosporin and cefotaxime was carried put in the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections. Patients received 1g of either ceftria...