A comparative study of two different regimens of sparfloxacin versus doxycycline in the treatment of non-gonococcal urethritis in men

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. A, 1996, Pages 123-134

  Phillips, I ^a   Dimian, C ^a   Barlow, D ^a   Moi, H ^b   Stolz, E ^c   Weidner, W ^d   Perea, E ^e  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Gronland PK ^*  (Norway)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; SPARFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; REINFECTION; RELAPSE; UREAPLASMA; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0029894865     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/37.suppl_a.123     Document Type: Article

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