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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2015 Mar;36(3):356-7.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2014.66.

Antibiotic susceptibility of urinary isolates in nursing home residents consuming cranberry capsules versus placebo

Gregory R Madden  1 , Stephanie M Argraves  2 , Peter H Van Ness  2 , Manisha Juthani-Mehta  3
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Antibiotic susceptibility of urinary isolates in nursing home residents consuming cranberry capsules versus placebo

Gregory R Madden et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Mar.

Abstract

Antimicrobial susceptibility of urinary isolates is compared amongst nursing home participants from a randomized controlled trial of cranberry capsules versus placebo. We hypothesized that cranberry spares non-Escherichia coli Enterobacteriaceae, which tend to be less susceptible to oral antibiotics. Analyses showed no differences in susceptibility or proportions of non-E. coli Enterobacteriaceae.

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