An open label, randomized comparative study of levofloxacin and amoxicillin / clavulanic acid in the treatment of purulent sinusitis in adult Thai patients

Rhinology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-29

  Jareoncharsri, Perapun ^a   Bunnag, Chaweewan ^a   Fooanant, Supranee ^b   Tunsuriyawong, Prayuth ^a   Voraprayoon, Siriporn ^a   Srifuengfung, Somporn ^a   Dhiraputra, Chertsak ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acute exacerbation of chronic sinusitis; Acute maxillary sinusitis; Amoxicillin clavulanic acid; Antral aspiration culture; Levofloxacin

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAMASE; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEART PALPITATION; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; NAUSEA; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; OPEN STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THAILAND; TREATMENT PLANNING; URTICARIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; MIDDLE AGED; OFLOXACIN; SUPPURATION;

EID: 1842483893     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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