A comparative study of therapeutic response of patients with clinical chancroid to ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, and cotrimoxazole

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 293-295

  D'Souza, Paschal ^a   Pandhi, Ravinder K ^a   Khanna, Neena ^a   Rattan, Ashok ^a   Misra, R S ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCUS MOLLE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; CHANCROID; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0031861027     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199807000-00004     Document Type: Article

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