Concentrations of doxycycline and penicillin G in sera and cerebrospinal fluid of patients treated for neuroborreliosis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1104-1107

  Karlsson, M ^a   Hammers, Susanne ^a   Nilsson Ehle, Ingrid ^b   Malmborg, Anna Stina ^c   Wretlind, Bengt ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYME DISEASE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029981615     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.5.1104     Document Type: Article

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