Azithromycin in the treatment of pediatric upper respiratory tract infections: Summary and Conclusions

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Klein, Jerome O ^a   Schaad, Urs B ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Upper respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFDINIR; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEUTROPHIL; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TONSILLOPHARYNGITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242269252     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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