A randomized double-blind clinical trial of the effect of non-absorbable oral polymyxin on infants with severe infectious diarrhea

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-219

  Tahan, S ^a   Morais, M B ^a,b   Wehba, J ^a   Scaletsky, I C A ^a   Machado, A M O ^a   Silva, L Q C D ^a   Fagundes Neto, U ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Duodenal microflora; Infants; Infectious diarrhea; Polymyxin; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; POLYMYXIN B;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33846937286     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2007000200007     Document Type: Article

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