Comparison of the effectiveness of levofloxacin and amoxicillin- clavulanate for the treatment of acute sinusitis in adults

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 320-327

  Adelglass, J ^a   DeAbate, C A ^a   McElvaine, P ^a   Fowler, C L ^a   LoCocco, J ^a   Campbell, T ^a  

^a RHD Professional Plaza   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SINUSITIS; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0033013751     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(99)70269-X     Document Type: Article

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