Modified Welsh regimen: A promising therapy for actinomycetoma

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 853-856

  Damle, Dhananjay K ^a   Mahajan, P M ^a   Pradhan, S N ^a   Belgaumkar, V A ^a   Gosavi, A P ^a   Tolat, S N ^a   Gokhale, N R ^a   Mhaske, C B ^a  

^a B J MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCETOMA; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCETOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION INDUCTION; RIFAMPIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 58249094515     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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