Typhoid perforation treated with and without metronidazole along with chloramphenicol, gentamycin

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 49-50

  Javaid, Khalid ^a   Dab, Riaz Hussain ^a   Rathore, Altaf Hussain ^a   Ahmad, Gulzar ^a  

^a PUNJAB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0029840997     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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