Eradication of group A streptococci from the upper respiratory tract by amoxicillin with clavulanate after oral penicillin V treatment failure

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 400-403

  Kaplan, Edward L ^a   Johnson, Dwight R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; PENICILLIN V; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THROAT CULTURE;

AMOXICILLIN; CHILD; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLAVULANIC ACIDS; HUMAN; PENICILLIN V; PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024060414     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(88)80291-9     Document Type: Article

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