Stability of benzylpenicillin during continuous home intravenous therapy

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 675-677

  Vella Brincat, Jane W A ^a   Begg, Eva J ^a   Gallagher, Kate ^a   Kirkpatrick, Carl M J ^a,c   Zhang, Mei ^a   Frampton, Chris ^b   Chambers, Stephen T ^a,b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benzylpenicillin; Home iv therapy; Stability; Temperature

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG STABILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOMETER; VOLUNTEER;

DRUG STABILITY; HOME INFUSION THERAPY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PENICILLIN G; TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 9144268113     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh146     Document Type: Article

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