Outpatient intravenous antibiotic therapy

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 557-559

  Conlon, Christopher P ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BONE INFECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; PYELONEPHRITIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029800596     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/38.4.557     Document Type: Editorial

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