Compliance with once-daily versus twice or thrice-daily administration of antibiotic regimens: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

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Published in PLoS One on January 05, 2015

Authors

Matthew E Falagas1, Apostolos K A Karagiannis2, Theodora Nakouti2, Giannoula S Tansarli2

Author Affiliations

1: Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece; Department of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, Iaso General Hospital, Iaso Group, Athens, Greece; Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
2: Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece.

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