Improvement of C-reactive protein levels and body temperature of an elderly patient infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa on treatment with Mao- bushi-saishin-to

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 235-239

  Kamei, Tsutomu ^a   Kondoh, Tatsuro ^b   Nagura, Satoshi ^a,c   Toriumi, Yoshitaka ^a   Kumano, Hiroaki ^d   Tomioka, Haruaki ^e  

^a Shimane Institute of Health Science   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Center for Global Health and Medicine   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM EXTRACT; AMOXICILLIN; ASIASARUM HETEROTROPOIDES EXTRACT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFATRIZINE; DICLOFENAC; EPHEDRA SINICA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PIPERACILLIN; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034125870     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2000.6.235     Document Type: Article

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