Treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection in cystic fibrosis with high or conventional doses of ceftazidime

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 407-409

  De Boeck, K ^a   Breysem, L ^a,b  

^a Department of A Pediatrics ^*

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BODY WEIGHT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD; CREATININE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PATIENT READMISSION; PLATELET COUNT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEINS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0031923074     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/41.3.407     Document Type: Article

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