Efficacy of a ten day course of ceftriaxone compared to a shortened five day course in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized adults with risk factors;Efficacité comparée de la ceftriaxone dans un traitement de dix jours versus un traitement raccourci de cinq jours des pneumonies aigues communautaires de l'adulte hospitalisé avec facteur de risque

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 369-381

  Leophonte P ^a   Choutet, P ^b   Gaillat, J ^c   Petitpretz, P ^d   Portier, H ^e   Montestruc, F ^f   Pecking, M ^f   De Bels, F ^g  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier de la Region d'Annecy   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

^e DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f Roche   (France)

^g BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Ceftriaxone; Community acquired pneumonia; Shortened therapy

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036317746     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-077X(02)00384-0     Document Type: Article

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