An investigator-blind study of the efficacy and safety of azithromycin versus cefadroxil in the treatment of skin and skin structure infections of the foot

Foot

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 68-72

  Jennings, M B ^a   Alfieri, D ^b   Kosinski, M ^b   Weinberg, J M ^b  

^a NEW YORK COLLEGE OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFADROXIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VERTIGO;

EID: 0032773340     PISSN: 09582592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/foot.1999.0521     Document Type: Article

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