Randomized comparison of ceftriaxone and cefotaxime in lyme neuroborreliosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 311-318

  Pfister, Hans Walter ^a,b   Preac Mursic, Vera ^a,b   Wilske, Bettina ^a,b   Schielke, Eva ^a,b   S Ӫ Rgel, Fritz ^a,b   Einhӓupl, Karl Max ^a,b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 0026089124     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/163.2.311     Document Type: Article

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