Treatment of enteric fever with pefloxacin for 7 days versus 5 days: A randomized clinical trial

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2898-2900

  Ünal, Serhat ^a   Hayran, Murat ^a   Tuncer, Serdar ^a   Gür, Deniz ^a   Uzun, Ömrüm ^a   Akova, Murat ^a   Erdal Akalin, H ^a,b  

^a Gaza University School of Medicine   (Turkey)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; PEFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 0029828260     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.12.2898     Document Type: Article

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