Outpatient treatment of pneumonia

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1104, 2000, Pages 58-62

  Grant, Cameron C ^b   Joan, R ^a   Ingram, H ^a  

^a Auckland District Health Board   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; LEGIONELLA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TACHYPNEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA VACCINES; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0034712101     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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