Single dose ciprofloxacin in cholera

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 145-149

  Usubutun, S ^a   Agalar, C ^a   Diri, C ^a   Turkyilmaz, R ^a  

^a Social Security Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cholera; Diarrhoea; Single dose ciprofloxacin therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHOLERA; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031218250     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-199709000-00006     Document Type: Article

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