Ertapenem versus ceftriaxone followed by appropriate oral therapy for treatment of complicated urinary tract infections in adults: Results of a prospective, randomized, double-blind multicenter study

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2895-2900

  Tomera, Kevin M ^a   Burdmann, Emmanuel A ^a   Pamo Reyna, Oscar G ^a   Jiang, Qi ^a   Wimmer, Wendy M ^a   Woods, Gail L ^a   Gesser, Richard M ^a   Albertson, Elizabeth A ^a   Al Ibrahim, Mohamed S ^a   Burke, Thomas F ^a   Childs, Stacy ^a   Cox, Clair ^a   Eng, Robert H K ^a   Frank, Elliot ^a   Gainer II, Robert Brooks ^a   Fuenzalida, Fernando Gonzalez ^a   Gezon, John A ^a   Herman, Theodore ^a   Jacoby, Karny ^a   Krinsky, Andrew H ^a   Landau, Richard E ^a   Moseley, William ^a   Rangel Frausto, M Sigfrido ^a   Recinos Mijangos, Gilberto ^a   Reinhardt, John F ^a   Sarshik, Stuart ^a   Schilling, Albrecht ^a   Tuttle Jr , John ^a   Walzer, Yair ^a   Wells, Glen ^a   more..

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; ERTAPENEM;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

EID: 0036721176     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.9.2895-2900.2002     Document Type: Article

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