Five-day course of antibacterials for uncomplicated urinary infections.
Fifty-six patients with uncomplicated urinary infections were treated with a five-day course of antimicrobials. Fifty-four patients had sterile urine two weeks after termination of the drugs. Over a two-year period 8 patients were found to become reinfected.
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000188:drug therapy; D002228:Carbenicillin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002506:Cephalexin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D009268:Nalidixic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009582:Nitrofurantoin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D012008:Recurrence; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D009268:Nalidixic Acid; D009582:Nitrofurantoin; D013752:Tetracycline; D002228:Carbenicillin; D002506:Cephalexin