A double-blind taste comparison of pediatric antibiotic suspensions

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 193-199

  Steele, Russell W ^a,b   Estrada, Benjamin ^a   Begue, Rodolfo E ^a   Mirza, Ayesha ^a   Travillion, David A ^a   Thomas, Mathew P ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CEFIXIME; CEFPODOXIME PROXETIL; CEFPROZIL; CEFTIBUTEN; CEFUROXIME; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DICLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LORACARBEF; OXACILLIN; PEDIAZOLE; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM; SULFAFURAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COST; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PALATABILITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUSPENSION; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0030989025     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289703600402     Document Type: Article

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