Penicillin for acute sore throat: Randomised double blind trial of seven days versus three days treatment or placebo in adults

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7228, 2000, Pages 150-154

  Zwart, Sjoerd ^a   Sachs, Alfred P E ^a   Ruijs, Gijs J H M ^b   Gubbcls, Jan W ^c   Hoes, Arno W ^a   de Melker, Ruut A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Organisation for Advice on Research and Policymaking   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN V;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SYMPTOM; TONSIL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0034651193     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.150     Document Type: Article

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