Assessment of the palatability of antistaphylococcal antibiotics in pediatric volunteers

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 586-588

  Matsui, Doreen ^a,b   Barron, Alex ^a   Rieder, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN ESTOLATE; FUSIDATE SODIUM; FUSIDIC ACID; NOVOCLOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PALATABILITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACEUTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN INFECTION; SUSPENSION; TASTE;

EID: 0030004719     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106002809603000603     Document Type: Article

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