A randomized controlled trial of penicillin vs clindamycin for the treatment of aspiration pneumonia in children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 701-704

  Jacobson, Sheila J ^a,b   Griffiths, Kathryn ^b   Diamond, Shelley ^b   Winders, Patricia ^a   Sgro, Michael ^a   Feldman, William ^a   Macarthur, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN PHOSPHATE; PENICILLIN G SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030758125     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1997.02170440063011     Document Type: Article

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