An open comparative study of azithromycin and roxithromycin in the treatment of acute upper respiratory tract infections

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. C, 1996, Pages 83-92

  Muller O ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENTERITIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRITIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NEUROTOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFECTION; RELAPSE; SINUSITIS; SKIN DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THYROIDITIS; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

EID: 0029788285     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/37.suppl_c.83     Document Type: Article

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