Empirical treatment of severe acute community-acquired gastroenteritis with ciprofloxacin

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1019-1025

  Dryden, Matthew S ^a   Gabb, Richard J E ^a   Wright, Sarah K ^a  

^a ROYAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 0029779278     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.6.1019     Document Type: Article

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