Effectiveness of amoxicillin/clavulanate potassium in the treatment of acute bacterial sinusitis in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-15

  Wald, Ellen R ^a   Nash, David ^b   Eickhoff, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoxicillin clavulanate potassium; Antimicrobial agents; Bacterial sinusitis; Images; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE SINUSITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VOMITING; X RAY FILM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649593030     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2902     Document Type: Article

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