Single dose ofloxacin plus loperamide compared with single dose or three days of ofloxacin in the treatment of traveler's diarrhea

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-7

  Ericsson, Charles D ^a,b   DuPont, Herbert L ^a   Mathewson, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b 1729 JFB ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; LOPERAMIDE; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

EID: 0030980812     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.1997.tb00765.x     Document Type: Article

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