Acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis: An international comparison

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 199S-204S

  Ball, Peter ^a   Make, Barry ^b  

^a VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFACLOR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIOLOGY; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDICATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031894705     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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