Pneumonia in the nineties

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 37-39

  Christiansen, Keryn ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Microbiology; Respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032961334     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.1999.037     Document Type: Review

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