Five versus ten days treatment of group a streptococal pharyngotonsillitis: A randomized controlled clinical trial with phenoxymethyl-penicillin and cefadroxil

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 37-46

  Strömberg, Anders ^a   Schwan, Anna ^a   Cars, Otto ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFADROXIL; PENICILLIN V;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PALATINE TONSILLITIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THROAT CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEFADROXIL; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PENICILLIN V; PHARYNGITIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECURRENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0023911291     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548809117215     Document Type: Article

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