Solitary erythema migrans in children: Comparison of treatment with clarithromycin and amoxicillin

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 124, Issue 13-14, 2012, Pages 427-433

  Tea, Nizič ^a   Eva, Velikanje ^a   Eva, Ružić Sabljić ^b   Maja, Arnež ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Amoxicillin; Children; Clarithromycin; Erythema migrans; Lyme borreliosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMOXICILLIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CLARITHROMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BURN; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSECT BITE; IRRITABILITY; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMNOLENCE; TICK BITE; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; AMOXICILLIN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; FEMALE; GLOSSITIS, BENIGN MIGRATORY; HUMANS; INFANT; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866243984     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: 16137671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-012-0194-1     Document Type: Article

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