A randomized comparative study of fleroxacin and ceftriaxone in enteric fever

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 464-465

  Hien, Tran Tinh ^a   Duong, Nguyen Minh ^a   Ha, Huynh Duy ^a   Hoa, Nguyen Thi Tuyet ^a   Diep, To Song ^a   Phi, Le Thi ^a   Arnold, Keith ^a  

^a CHO QUAN HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; FLEROXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TYPHOID FEVER; VIET NAM; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEFTRIAXONE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLEROXACIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI A; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TIME FACTORS; TYPHOID FEVER; VIETNAM;

EID: 0028059507     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(94)90435-9     Document Type: Article

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