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Thirty-eight cases of Shigella vaginitis were identified in a retrospective review of records kept over the past 14 years. The cases of vaginitis were due to three subgroups of Shigella. Vaginitis varied in severity and duration, persisting for several months in some instances. In 47% of the cases,
OBJECTIVE
To describe alternate diagnostic protocols and describe the differential diagnosis for desquamative inflammatory vaginitis (DIV).
METHODS
One hundred one cases of DIV were audited retrospectively. All patients were seen exclusively by the authors in their private practices using diagnostic
Urogenital infections are a major reason that women visit their family physician and are referred to gastroenterology, gynecology, urology, and infectious disease specialists. The association between abnormal vaginal microbiota and increased risk for sexually transmitted infections, bladder and
Clinical evaluation in pediatrics on cefdinir (CFDN, FK482) (5% fine granules), a new oral cephem, was performed. 1. CFDN was administered to 112 pediatric patients with ages between 1 month to 13 years with various infections. Dose levels used were 3.0-8.9 mg/kg (mean 5.1 mg/kg) t.i.d. for 3-14
BACKGROUND
Quality of life (QOL) is impaired in functional dyspepsia (FD). Little is known about the effects of different therapies on the QOL profile in patients with this condition.
OBJECTIVE
The aims of this study were to measure baseline QOL in patients with FD and to assess changes in QOL over
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the potential of biotherapeutic agents (microorganisms with therapeutic properties) for the prevention and/or treatment of selected intestinal and vaginal infections.
METHODS
The MEDLINE database was searched for all relevant articles published between 1966 and September 1995.
In a primary care setting, the efficacy and safety of ciprofloxacin (CIP) 500 mg b.i.d. were compared with those of cefuroxime axetil (CA) 250 mg b.i.d., each given for 10 days, in a nationwide, open, prospective, randomized trial of 1414 adults with acute sinusitis. Patients were enrolled if they
BACKGROUND
Treatment guidelines for acute bacterial sinusitis recommend 10 to 14 days of therapy with amoxicillin/clavulanate, high-dose amoxicillin, cefpodoxime, cefuroxime, or a newer fluoroquinolone.
OBJECTIVE
This study compared the clinical efficacy of short-course (5-day) gatifloxacin with
In this comparative trial, outpatients with acute sinusitis were randomly assigned to receive levofloxacin (500 mg orally once daily) or amoxicillin-clavulanate (500/125 mg orally 3 times daily) for 10 to 14 days. The success rates (cured and improved) 2 to 5 days after the end of treatment were
One hundred forty-three women with complaints of vaginitis were assigned to receive either 500 mg of metronidazole twice daily for 7 days or clindamycin 300 mg twice daily for 7 days. There was no significant difference in the failure rate between patients treated with clindamycin (6.1%) and those
Two multicenter trials compared single-dose oral therapy with 400 mg of ofloxacin or 3 g of amoxicillin plus 1 g of probenecid in the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea in 160 men and 102 women. Patients with a known diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infection were excluded. All pretreatment
To update the USPSTF’s previous recommendation statement on Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults, we systematically reviewed evidence on the benefits and harms of screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) and treatment for pregnant women, nonpregnant women, and Pharmaceutical probiotics have been used as alternative treatments or preventative therapies for a variety of clinical diseases. The overuse of antibiotics and emergence of multiple-antibiotic resistant pathogens has refocused clinical attention on the field of probiotics. Anaerobic infections which
Fluconazole is a new oral triazole antifungal with good activity against Candida spp. In this study, we investigated the effectiveness and tolerability of a three-day course of treatment with fluconazole compared with clotrimazole vaginal tablets in nonpregnant women with acute Candida vaginitis. Of
Patients with acute, uncomplicated urinary tract infections were treated with either amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (A-C) in fixed combination or cefaclor for 10 days in a prospective randomized comparison. The A-C group included 29 women and 1 man (mean age, 25.5 years), and the cefaclor group