The effectiveness of long-acting penicillin (Penidur) in preventing recurrencies of dermatolymphangioadenitis(DLA) and controlling skin, deep tissues, and lymph bacterial flora in patients with "filarial" lymphedema

Lymphology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 66-80

  Olszewski, W L ^a   Jamal, S ^b   Manokaran, G ^c   Tripathi, F M ^d   Zaleska, M ^a   Stelmach, E ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b Thanjavur Medical College   (India)

^c APOLLO HOSPITALS   (India)

^d BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINCOMYCIN; LONG ACTING DRUG; PENICILLIN G; PENIDUR; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DERMATOLYMPHANGIOADENITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; FILARIA; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPH; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCOCCACEAE; MICROFILARIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN FLORA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; TISSUE WATER; WOUND; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BODY FLUIDS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEG; LYMPH; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHANGITIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN G, BENZATHINE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 23744460626     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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