• DOI:10.1136/adc.2009.173112
Corpus ID: 6714180

Long-term antibiotics for the prevention of recurrent urinary tract infection in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

@article{Dai2010LongtermAF,
  title={Long-term antibiotics for the prevention of recurrent urinary tract infection in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis},
  author={B. Dai and Y. Liu and Jieshuang Jia and C. Mei},
  journal={Archives of Disease in Childhood},
  year={2010},
  volume={95},
  pages={499 - 508}
}

B. Dai, Y. Liu, +1 author C. Mei

Published 2010

Medicine

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of long-term prophylactic antibiotics for recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI) in children through meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Methods Electronic databases and reference lists of review articles were searched for relevant trials. Outcome measures were recurrence of symptomatic UTI, repeat positive urine culture, new or deteriorated renal scarring and adverse events during and after treatment. Results Eleven trials with… CONTINUE READING

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