Treatment of shigellosis: V. Comparison of azithromycin and ciprofloxacin. A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial.

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Published in Ann Intern Med on May 01, 1997

Authors

W A Khan1, C Seas, U Dhar, M A Salam, M L Bennish

Author Affiliations

1: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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