Comparing pharmacokinetics of amoxicillin given twice or three times per day to children older than 3 months with pneumonia

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 997-1001

  Fonseca, Walter ^a   Hoppu, Kalle ^b,c   Rey, Luís C ^d,e   Amaral, João ^a,d   Qazi, Shamim ^f  

^a Department of Community Health ^*  (Brazil)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^e University Hospital   (Brazil)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMOXICILLIN; AREA UNDER CURVE; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PENICILLINS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 0037417048     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.3.997-1001.2003     Document Type: Article

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