Extended-interval gentamicin administration in malnourished children

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-184

  Khan, Ali Miraj ^a   Ahmed, T ^a   Alam, N H ^a   Chowdhury, A K ^a   Fuchs, G J ^b  

^a ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CREATININE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MINERAL; MULTIVITAMIN; OXYGEN;

ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD DYSCRASIA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; EOSINOPHILIA; EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEADY STATE; STOMATITIS; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION;

EID: 33745713923     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmi085     Document Type: Article

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