Community-acquired childhood pneumonia: Impact of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections and antibiotic efficacy;PNEUMONIES COMMUNAUTAIRES DE L'ENFANT: IMPORTANCE DES INFECTIONS A MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE ET EFFICACITE DES ANTIBIOTIQUES

Presse Medicale

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 793-797

  Gendrel, D ^a   Raymond, J ^a   Moulin, F ^a   Iniguez, J L ^a   Truong, M ^a   Ravilly, S ^a   Chaussain, M ^a   Lebon, P ^a   Kalifa, G ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; PENICILLINS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029953994     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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