Augmentin reconsidered

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 76-78

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AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFACLOR; CEFTIBUTEN; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN V; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BITE; CANDIDIASIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG USE; ENDOMETRITIS; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NAUSEA; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; RASH; SHORT SURVEY; SINUSITIS; SKIN INFECTION; SUPERINFECTION; TOOTH INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

EID: 0029801314     PISSN: 00126543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/dtb.1996.341076     Document Type: Short Survey

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