Double blind placebo-controlled trial of pleconaril in infants with enterovirus meningitis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 335-340

  Abzug, Mark J ^a,k   Cloud, Gretchen ^b   Bradley, John ^c   Sánchez, Pablo J ^d   Romero, José ^e   Powell, Dwight ^f   Lepow, Martha ^g   Mani, Chitra ^h   Capparelli, Edmund V ⁱ   Blount, Sharon ^j   Lakeman, Fred ^j   Whitley, Richard J ^j   Kimberlin, David W ^j  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^j University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^k CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Enterovirus; Infants; Meningitis; Pharmacokinetics; Pleconaril

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PLECONARIL;

ARTICLE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MENINGITIS; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; OROPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RECTUM; SERUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE CULTURE; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; OXADIAZOLES; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037395747     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200304000-00009     Document Type: Article

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