Effectiveness of intramuscular penicillin versus oral amoxicillin in the early treatment of outpatient pediatric pneumonia

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 338-341

  Tsarouhas, Nicholas ^a   Shaw, Kathy N ^b   Hodinka, Richard L ^b   Bell, Louis M ^b  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amoxicillin; Oral versus intramuscular antibiotic treatment; Penicillin; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PULSE OXIMETRY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS CULTURE;

EID: 0031768879     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199814050-00006     Document Type: Article

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