Efficacy of penicillin versus cefdinir in eradication of group A streptococci and tonsillar flora

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4787-4788

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,c   Foote, Perry A ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CEFDINIR; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PENICILLINS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSIL; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 27644550919     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.11.4787-4788.2005     Document Type: Article

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