Once-daily dosage secures better compliance with antibiotic therapy of respiratory tract infections than twice-daily dosage

Journal of Applied Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-206

  Kardas, P ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antibiotics dosage; Clinical trail; Drug therapy; Patient compliance; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CEFTIBUTEN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ROXITHROMYCIN; SPIRAMYCIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OPEN STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141682444     PISSN: 1537064X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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