The common cold - Principles of judicious use of antimicrobial agents

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 1 II SUPPL., 1998, Pages 181-184

  Rosenstein, Nancy ^a   Phillips, William R ^c   Gerber, Michael A ^d   Marcy, S Michael ^b   Schwartz, Benjamin ^a   Dowell, Scott F ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c North west Family Medicine   (United States)

^d Farmington   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial therapy; Common cold; Diagnosis; Mucopurulent rhinitis; Upper respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; PLACEBO; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031964391     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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