Does additional antimicrobial treatment have a better effect on URTI cough resolution than homeopathic symptomatic therapy alone? A real-life preliminary observational study in a pediatric population

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zanasi, Alessandro ^a   Cazzato, Salvatore ^b   Mazzolini, Massimiliano ^b   Ierna, Carla Maria Sofia ^b   Mastroroberto, Marianna ^b   Nardi, Elena ^b   Morselli Labate, Antonio Maria ^b  

^a Italian Association for Cough Study   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents; Antitussive agents; Cough; Homeopathy; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; STODAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN STUDY; RASH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

EID: 84938816993     PISSN: 1828695X     EISSN: 20496958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40248-015-0022-3     Document Type: Article

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