Combination ciprofloxacin and metronidazole for active Crohn's disease

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-56

  Greenbloom, Susan L ^b   Steinhart, A Hillary ^b   Greenberg, Gordon R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antibiotic therapy; Ciprofloxacin; Combination therapy; Crohn's disease; Metronidazole

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUM DISEASE; INTESTINE FLORA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SIDE EFFECT; TASTE DISORDER;

EID: 0031905237     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1998/349460     Document Type: Article

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