Treatment of moderate-to-severe pneumonia in elderly, long-term care facility residents

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 130-137

  Nicolle, L E ^a,b   Kirshen, A ^a   Boustcha, E ^a   Montgomery, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NURSING HOME; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHLEBITIS; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH;

EID: 0029983699     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019048-199602000-00010     Document Type: Article

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