Community-acquired pneumonia: Update on antibiotic therapy

Consultant

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1659-1676

  Boyars, Michael C ^a,b   Mercado, Anita C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CILASTATIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MACROLIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032323797     PISSN: 00107069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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