Comparison of dirithromycin and penicillin for treatment of streptococcal pharyngitis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 72-75

  Watkins, Vish S ^a   Smietana, Maria ^a   Conforti, Paul M ^a   Sides, Gregory D ^a   Huck, Werner ^b  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b Advanced Clinical Research Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRITHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG PENETRATION; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; VOMITING;

EID: 0031037356     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.1.72     Document Type: Article

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