Ampicillin/sulbactam and cefoxitin in the treatment of cutaneous and other soft-tissue abscesses in patients with or without histories of injection drug abuse

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 464-471

  Talan, D A ^a   Summanen, P H ^a   Finegold, S M ^a  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERANCE; DYSPEPSIA; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; VOMITING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEFOXITIN; CEPHAMYCINS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SULBACTAM;

EID: 0034457931     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313971     Document Type: Article

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