ALternatives To prophylactic Antibiotics for the treatment of Recurrent urinary tract infection in women (ALTAR): study protocol for a multicentre, pragmatic, patient-randomised, non-inferiority trial

ALternatives To prophylactic Antibiotics for the treatment of Recurrent urinary tract infection in women (ALTAR): study protocol for a multicentre, pragmatic, patient-randomised, non-inferiority trial

Abstract Background At least half of all adult women will experience infective cystitis (urinary tract infection: UTI) at least once in their life and many suffer from repeated episodes. Recurrent urinary tract infection (rUTI) in adult women is usually treated with long-term, low-dose antibiotics a...

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Main Authors: Rebecca Forbes, Ased Ali, Alaa Abouhajar, Catherine Brennand, Heather Brown, Sonya Carnell, Thomas Chadwick, Ian Eardley, Jan Lecouturier, Helen Mossop, Ian Pearce, Robert Pickard, Nikesh Thiruchelvam, Katherine Walton, Jennifer Wilkinson, Chris Harding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic prophylaxis
Economic evaluation
Qualitative research
Randomised controlled trial
RCT
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-018-2998-4

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