Comparison of clinical efficacy between 3-day combined clavulanate/ amoxicillin preparation treatment and 10-day amoxicillin treatment in children with pharyngolaryngitis or tonsillitis

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-19

  Kuroki, Haruo ^a   Ishiwada, Naruhiko ^b   Inoue, Nobue ^c   Ishikawa, Nobuyasu ^d   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^e   Himi, Kyoko ^f   Kurosaki, Tomomichi ^g  

^a Sotobo Children's Clinic   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Yamanouchi Hospital   (Japan)

^d Chiba Aoba Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^e CHIBA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f Sanmu Medical Center   (Japan)

^g Kurosaki Child Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amoxicillin; Clavulanate amoxicillin; Clinical efficacy; Group A hemolytic Streptococcus; Short term therapy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFCAPENE PIVOXIL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LARYNGITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; OPEN STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TONSILLITIS; URINALYSIS; URTICARIA;

EID: 84874109810     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-012-0444-1     Document Type: Article

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