Clinical effect of ampicillin with β-lactamase inhibitor (sulbactam/ampicillin) on community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-186

  Okimoto, Niro ^a   Kurihara, Takeyuki ^a   Honda, Nobuhiro ^a   Asaoka, Naoko ^a   Fujita, Kazue ^a   Ohba, Hideo ^a   Nakamura, Junichi ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Elderly; Sulbactam ampicillin

Indexed keywords

SULTAMICILLIN; UNASYN S;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0038268835     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-003-0233-Y     Document Type: Article

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