Photosensitivity reactions caused by lomefloxacin hydrochloride: A multicenter survey

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3141-3145

  Arata, Jirô ^a   Horio, Takeshi ^b   Soejima, Rinzo ^c   Ohara, Kenji ^d  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL WELFARE   (Japan)

^d SHIONOGI AND CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ENOXACIN; FLEROXACIN; LOMEFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPARFLOXACIN; TOSUFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG PENETRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN EXPOSURE;

EID: 0031787183     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.12.3141     Document Type: Article

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