Comparative efficacy of cefixime and ampicillin-sulbactam in shigellosis in children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-134

  Helvaci, Mehmet ^a   BektaŞLar, Dilber ^a   ÖZkaya, Buket ^a   Yaprak, IŞIn ^a   Umurtak, Bahar ^b   ErtuǦRul, Ayda ^a  

^a SSK Tepecik Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Eczaciba i A   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ampicillin sulbactam; Cefixime; Childhood; Shigellosis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFIXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHIGELLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULBACTAM;

EID: 0031956597     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1998.tb01896.x     Document Type: Article

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