Oral azithromycin for treatment of yaws

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9813, 2012, Pages 295-297

  Mabey, David ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YAWS;

EID: 84856405626     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61842-4     Document Type: Note

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