Placebo found equivalent to amoxicillin for treatment of acute bronchitis in Nairobi, Kenya: A triple blind, randomised, equivalence trial

Thorax

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 999-1005

  Nduba, V N ^a   Mwachari, C W ^a   Magaret, A S ^b   Park, D R ^b   Kigo, A ^a   Hooton, T M ^c   Cohen, C R ^d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; VOMITING;

EID: 56049106852     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2008.097311     Document Type: Article

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