Failure to eradicate Group A β-haemolytic streptococci (GABHS) from the upper respiratory tract after antibiotic treatment

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-71

  Kafetzis, Dimitris A ^a   Liapi, Georgia ^a   Tsolia, Mariza ^a   Aoudi, Hana ^a   Mathioudakis, John ^a   Paraskakis, Irene ^a   Bairamis, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cefprozil; Clarithromycin; Eradication; Penicillin; Streptococcal; Tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

CEFPROZIL; CLARITHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN V;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OPEN STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RELAPSE; SIDE EFFECT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROAT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

EID: 0345829291     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2003.05.015     Document Type: Article

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