Is penicillin the appropriate treatment for recurrent tonsillopharyngitis? results from a comparative randomized blind study of cefuroxime axetil and phenoxymethylpenicillin in children

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 221-228

  Holm, Stig ^a   Henning, Claes ^b   Grahn, Eva ^a   Lomberg, Helena ^c   Staley, Heather ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME AXETIL; PENICILLIN V; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROTYPE; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; URTICARIA;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PENICILLIN V; PENICILLINS; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; PRODRUGS; RECURRENCE; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUSPENSIONS; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0029114296     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549509019013     Document Type: Article

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