A single-blind comparison of three-day azithromycin and ten-day co-amoxiclav treatment of acute lower respiratory tract infections

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 31, Issue , 1993, Pages 147-152

  Hoepelman, A I M ^a,b   Rozenberg Arska, M ^b   Verhoef, J ^b   Sips, A P ^c   Van Helmond, J L M ^d   Van Barneveld, P W C ^e   Neve, A J ^f   Zwinkels, M ^g  

^a Section of Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^e Elisabeth Gasthuis   (Netherlands)

^f MAASLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g U Gene Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CLAVULANIC ACID;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; AGED; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; AZITHROMYCIN; BRONCHITIS; CLAVULANIC ACIDS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0027250324     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/31.suppl_E.147     Document Type: Article

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