Comparative effects of levofloxacin and ofloxacin on the normal oral and intestinal microflora

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-386

  Edlund, Charlotta ^a   Sjöstedt, Svante ^a   Nord, Carl Erik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FECES LEVEL; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MOUTH FLORA; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030692656     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549709011835     Document Type: Article

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