The end of antibiotic treatment in adults with acute sinusitis-like complaints in general practice? A placebo-controlled double-blind randomized doxycycline trial

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 47, Issue 425, 1997, Pages 794-799

  Stalman, W ^a   Van Essen, G A ^a   Van Der Graaf, Y ^a   De Melker, R A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Randomized controlled trials; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; NOSE DROPS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SIDE EFFECT; SINUSITIS; TOOTH PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DOXYCYCLINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0030659011     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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