Oral amoxicillin vs. oral erythromycin in the treatment of pyoderma in Bamako, Mali: An open randomized trial

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 19-22

  Faye, Ousmane ^a   Hay, Roderick J ^b   Diawara, Ismaila ^a   Mahé, Antoine ^a,c  

^a Centre National d'Appui a la Lutte Contre la Maladie   (Mali)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Gabon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; POVIDONE IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALI; OPEN STUDY; PYODERMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALI; POVIDONE-IODINE; PYODERMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35948935047     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03364.x     Document Type: Article

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