Effectiveness of 3-day amoxycillin vs. 5-day co-trimoxazole in the treatment of non-severe pneumonia in children aged 2-59 months of age: A multi-centric open labeled trial

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 382-389

  Awasthi, Shally ^a,i   Agarwal, Girdhar ^b,i   Singh, J V ^a   Kabra, S K ^c   Pillai, R M ^d   Singhi, Sunit ^e   Nongkynrih, Baridalyne ^c   Dwivedi, Rashmi ^f   More, Vaishali B ^g   Kulkarni, Madhuri ^g   Niswade, A K ^h   Bharti, Bhavneet ^a   Ambast, Ankur ^a   Dhasmana, Puneet ^a,i   Pandey, Tulika ⁱ   Verma, Tuhina ⁱ   Tripathi, Surabhi ⁱ   Mittal, S C ⁱ   Gupta, D ⁱ   Raman, Radha ⁱ   Patil, Anjali ⁱ   Randive, M ⁱ   Purnima, ⁱ   Goyal, Sanjeev ⁱ   Gakare, R N ⁱ   Sawant, D K ⁱ   Jayakumar, ⁱ   Satheesh, ⁱ   Gupta, Vivek ⁱ   Yadav, Kapil ⁱ   Lodha, Rakesh ⁱ   Kapoor, S K ^c   Kathal, Rajesh ⁱ   Induria, ⁱ   Nigam, M ⁱ   more..

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e Post graduate Medical Institute   (India)

^f GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^g Lok Manya Tilak Medical College   (India)

^h GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

ⁱ AIIMS ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING; WHEEZING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 57649239654     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmn050     Document Type: Article

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