Trimethopim-sulfamethoxazole compared with benzathine penicillin for treatment of impetigo in Aboriginal children: A pilot randomised controlled trial: Case report

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 131-133

  Tong, Steven Y C ^a   Andrews, Ross M ^a   Kearns, Therese ^a   Gundjirryirr, Rosalyn ^a   McDonald, Malcolm I ^a   Currie, Bart J ^a   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Impetigo; Indigenous; Randomised controlled trial; Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPETIGO; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PENICILLIN G BENZATHINE; PILOT PROJECTS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 77949746496     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01697.x     Document Type: Article

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