Value of noninvasive studies in community-acquired pneumonia

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 689-699

  Plouffe, J F ^a   McNally, C ^a   File T M , Jr ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFTRIAXONE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031685174     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(05)70205-1     Document Type: Article

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