Cefpodoxime proxetil suspension compared with cefaclor suspension for treatment of acute otitis media in paediatric patients
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A pharmacoeconomic comparison of amoxicillin/clavulanate and cefpodoxime proxetil in the treatment of acute otitis media.
This report describes the results of a review that was done to compare, from the patients' and their parents' perspective, costs involved in treating acute otitis media in children with amoxicillin/clavulanate potassium or cefpodoxime proxetil. The following costs were included in the analysis: average wholesale price of the initial antibiotic prescribed, cost of initial and follow-up physician...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0305-7453,1460-2091
DOI: 10.1093/jac/37.3.565