BTS guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in childhood

Thorax

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Coote, N M A ^a   Craig, J ^a   Heath, P T ^a   McKenzie, S A ^a   Saul, P ^a   Smyth, R ^a   Thomson, A H ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; JOSAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0036261048     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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