Effect of penicillin or cefprozil therapy on tonsillar flora

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 725-728

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,c   Foote, Perry A ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFPROZIL; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RECURRENT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0030817777     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/40.5.725     Document Type: Article

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