Overview of cefixime use in community-acquired infections
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Clinical role of cefixime in community-acquired infections.
UNLABELLED Cefixime is an oral third generation cephalosporin, frequently used in respiratory tract infections (RTI) in the pediatric population. However, in some publications cefixime has demonstrated poor efficacy against staphylococci and streptococci. THE AIM of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of cefixime in the treatment of community-acquired infections in a country where parente...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology and Infection
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1198-743X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2000.tb02051.x