Norfloxacin monodose use in patients with cholera in Salta, Argentina

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-219

  Seijo, Alfredo César ^a   Fernandez, Marcos ^b   Campos, Carolina ^b   Cernigoi, Beatriz Elena ^a   Nogueras, Mabel ^a   San Juan, Jorge ^a   Torres, Marcelo Fidel ^b   Martino, Olindo Adrián ^a  

^a HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

^b Hospital de Salvador Mazza   (Argentina)

Author keywords

carriage; cholera; norfloxacin; treatment

Indexed keywords

NORFLOXACIN; SORBITOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029785880     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46651996000300009     Document Type: Article

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