Efficacy of empirically prescribed amoxicillin and amoxicillin + clavulanic acid in children's reactive arthritis: A randomised trial

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 515-521

  Astrauskiene, Danute ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Amoxicillin; Amoxicillin potassium clavulanate combination; Antibiotics; Drug therapy; Reactive arthritis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; LYMECYCLINE; PLACEBO; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ADOLESCENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042198797     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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