'Grandmother penicillin' - Not in vogue, but clinically still effective [2]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 960-962

  Warnke, Patrick H ^a,b   Becker, Stephan T ^a   Springer, Ingo N G ^a   Härle, Franz ^a   Ullmann, Uwe ^c   Russo, Paul A J ^d   Wiltfang, Jörg ^a   Fickenscher, Helmut ^c   Schubert, Sabine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

lactams; Abscess; Antibiotics; Antimicrobial agents; Antimicrobial management; Antimicrobial resistance surveillance; Antimicrobials; Dental; In vitro susceptibility; Oral

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METICILLIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOUTH ABSCESS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; TOOTH ABSCESS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLINS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES;

EID: 41149114183     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn030     Document Type: Letter

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