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Ibuprofen v fosfomycin for uncomplicated urinary tract infection
Authors’ reply to Al-Wali and Hughes
BMJ 2016; 352 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i415 (Published 28 January 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;352:i415
- Guido Schmiemann, senior researcher in primary care and epidemiology1,
- Ildikó Gágyor, senior researcher in primary care2
- 1Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research, Department for Health Services Research, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
- 2Department of General Practice, University Medical Centre Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
- schmiemann{at}uni-bremen.de
We agree with Al-Wali and Hughes that if an antibiotic treatment approach is taken, the choice of first line antibiotic should take the emergence of resistance into account.1 2
We chose fosfomycin as the comparator in our study because:
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