Antimicrobial treatment for cholera

Lancet

Volumn 366, Issue 9491, 2005, Pages 1054-1055

  Deen, Jacqueline L ^a   Clemens, John D ^a  

^a International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; CHOLERA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TOOTH COLOR; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VOMITING;

EID: 25144444370     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67326-6     Document Type: Note

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