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Antibiotic and prednisolone therapy of erysipelas: a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study
scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. –, 1997
Abstract
112 patients admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of erysipelas, were randomized to 8 days treatment with prednisolone or placebo in addition to antibiotics. 108 patients received the study drugs and were evaluated for time to cure, which was the primary end-point. The median healing time was signi …
Keywords
- National Center for Biotechnology Information
- NCBI
- NLM
- MEDLINE
- humans
- pubmed abstract
- nih
- national institutes of health
- national library of medicine
- research support
- non-u.s. gov't
- female
- male
- middle aged
- Recurrence
- Clinical Trial
- Randomized Controlled Trial
- Double-Blind Method
- hospitalization
- drug therapy
- combination
- anti-inflammatory agents / therapeutic use*
- streptococcal infections / diagnosis
- penicillins / therapeutic use
- leukocyte count
- penicillins / administration & dosage
- staphylococcal infections / diagnosis
- erysipelas / drug therapy*
- anti-inflammatory agents / adverse effects
- bacteremia / diagnosis
- staphylococcus aureus / growth & development
- streptococcus / growth & development
- p i bergkvist
- k sjöbeck
- prednisolone / therapeutic use*
- pmid:9360253
- doi:10.3109/00365549709011834
- anti-inflammatory agents / administration & dosage
- prednisolone / administration & dosage
- prednisolone / adverse effects
- staphylococcal infections / blood
- streptococcal infections / blood
How to cite
Bergkvist PI; Sjöbeck K. (1997). Antibiotic and prednisolone therapy of erysipelas: a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study. scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, 29(4), –. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9360253
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