Multiple Intra-Articular Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Randomized Prospective Study Comparing Rifamycin SV with Pefloxacin

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 27-39

  Caruso, J ^a   Boccassini, L ^a   Cazzola, M ^a   Santandrea, S ^a   Montrone, F ^a   Dell'acqua, D ^a   Salvaggio, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Intraarticular Administration; Pefloxacin; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rifamycin SV

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; PEFLOXACIN; RIFAMYCIN; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JOINT STIFFNESS; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MIDDLE AGE; PAIN; PEFLOXACIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIFAMYCINS;

EID: 0026565293     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: 14732300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030006059202000104     Document Type: Article

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