Comparative effects of moxifloxacin and clarithromycin on the normal intestinal microflora

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-85

  Edlund, Charlotta ^a,b   Beyer, G ^c   Hiemer Bau, M ^c   Ziege, S ^c   Lode, Hartmut ^c   Nord, Carl Erik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; MOXIFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CANDIDA; CITROBACTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; FUSOBACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; KLEBSIELLA; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TIME; VEILLONELLA;

EID: 0033976765     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540050164272     Document Type: Article

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