A comparison of ciprofloxacin/dexamethasone with neomycin/polymyxin/ hydrocortisone for otitis externa pain

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 671-675

  Roland, Peter S ^a   Younis, Ramzi ^b   Wall, G Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALCON RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute otitis externa; Ciprofloxacin dexamethasone; Fluoroquinolones; Neomycin polymyxin hydrocortisone

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; EXTERNAL OTITIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OTALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; NEOMYCIN; OTITIS EXTERNA; PAIN; POLYMYXINS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 34548078125     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02848792     Document Type: Article

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