Penicillin vs. erythromycin in the treatment of diphtheria.
In an open-label, randomized trial, 44 Vietnamese children with diphtheria were given penicillin therapy (intramuscular benzylpenicillin, 50,000 U/[kg.d] for 5 days and then oral penicillin, 50 mg/[kg.d] for 5 days), and 42 were given erythromycin therapy (50 mg/[kg.d] orally for 10 days). There wer...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1998
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