Treatment of brucella spondylitis: Lessons from an impossible meta-analysis and initial report of efficacy of a fluoroquinolone-containing regimen

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 502-507

  Pappas, Georgios ^a   Seitaridis, Savvas ^b   Akritidis, Nikolaos ^c   Tsianos, Epaminondas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c G HATZIKOSTA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Fluoroquinolones; Meta analysis; Spondylitis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; NETILMICIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FLUOROQUINOLONES; META-ANALYSIS; SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 7044249719     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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