The efficacy of an antibiotic protocol for community-acquired pneumonia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 333-337

  Dobbin, C J ^a   Duggan, C J ^a   Barnes, D J ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035794764     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143307.x     Document Type: Article

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