3-Day course of ofloxacin versus cefalexin in the treatment of urinary tract infections in postmenopausal women

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2200-2201

  Raz, R ^a,b   Rozenfeld, S ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORGANELLA MORGANII; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINITIS; VERTIGO;

EID: 0029847781     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.9.2200     Document Type: Article

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