Treatment of bacillary dysentery in Vietnamese children: Two doses of ofloxacin versus 5-days nalidixic acid

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 323-326

  Vinh, Ha ^a   Wain, John ^a,b   Chinh, Mai Thu ^a   Tam, Cao Thi ^a   Trang, Phan Thi Thu ^a   Nga, Diem ^a   Echeverria, Peter ^c   Diep, To Song ^a   White, Nicholas J ^a,b   Parry, Christopher M ^a,b  

^a Centre for Tropical Diseases Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Children; Nalidixic acid; Ofloxacin; Shigellosis; Viet Nam

Indexed keywords

NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIET NAM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 12944335233     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90343-2     Document Type: Article

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