The effect of minocycline on meningococcal nasopharyngeal carrier state in naval personnel

Am J Epidemiol. 1971 May;93(5):337-45. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a121266.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Biological Assay
  • Carrier State / drug therapy*
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningococcal Infections / drug therapy*
  • Naval Medicine*
  • Neisseria meningitidis / drug effects
  • Neisseria meningitidis / isolation & purification
  • Nose / microbiology
  • Pharynx / microbiology
  • Placebos
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / drug therapy*
  • Saliva / analysis
  • Tetracycline / adverse effects
  • Tetracycline / analysis
  • Tetracycline / pharmacology
  • Tetracycline / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Placebos
  • Tetracycline