Comparative study of once-weekly azithromycin and once-daily amoxicillin treatments in prevention of recurrent acute otitis media in children

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2732-2736

  Marchisio, Paola ^a,b   Principi, Nicola ^a   Sala, Emanuela ^a   Lanzoni, Luisa ^a   Sorella, Stefania ^a   Massimini, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 0029852079     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.12.2732     Document Type: Article

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