Levofloxacin plus metronidazole in uncomplicated pelvic inflammatory disease: A preliminary study

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-179

  Judlin, Philippe ^a   Thiebaugeorges, Olivier ^a  

^a Maternite Regionale Universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

C. trachomatis; Levofloxacin; Pelvic inflammatory disease

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANAEROBE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MYALGIA; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NAUSEA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

EID: 67650045464     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.04.025     Document Type: Article

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