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A comparison of the efficacy of cefuroxime axetil and intramuscular benzathine penicillin for treati...

A comparison of the efficacy of cefuroxime axetil and intramuscular benzathine penicillin for treati...

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A comparison of the efficacy of cefuroxime axetil and intramuscular benzathine penicillin for treating streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis

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A comparison of the efficacy of cefuroxime axetil and intramuscular benzathine penicillin for treating streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis

Publisher

Leeds: Taylor & Francis

Journal title

Annals of tropical paediatrics, 2000-09, Vol.20 (3), p.199-202

Language

English

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Leeds: Taylor & Francis

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Contents

Throat cultures were performed on 297 children suspected of tonsillopharyngitis on clinical findings. Group A β-haemolytic streptococci (GABHS) were isolated from 86 patients (41 males/45 females) aged 6-15 (mean (SD) 7.8 (0.04)) years. They were randomly allocated to receive oral cefuroxime axetil for 10 days (group 1) or one dose of benzathine pe...

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A comparison of the efficacy of cefuroxime axetil and intramuscular benzathine penicillin for treating streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_195492187

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_195492187

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ISSN

0272-4936,2046-9047

E-ISSN

1465-3281,2046-9055

DOI

10.1080/02724936.2000.11748134

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