Antibiotic prophylaxis for leptospirosis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Brett Major, David M ^a   Lipnick, Robert J ^b  

^a Military Tropical Medicine Course   (United States)

^b Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODY TITER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STOMACH PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 70049087378     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007342.pub2     Document Type: Review

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