Comparison of bronchopulmonary pharmacokinetics of clarithromycin and azithromycin

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2375-2379

  Patel, Kalpana B ^a,b   Xuan, Dawei ^b   Tessier, Pamela R ^b   Russomanno, John H ^b   Quintiliani, Richard ^b   Nightingale, Charles H ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

14 HYDROXYCLARITHROMYCIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE;

ADULT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEGIONELLA; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029797053     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.10.2375     Document Type: Article

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