Utility of blood cultures in the management of adults with community acquired pneumonia discharged from the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 521-523

  Campbell, S G ^a   Marrie, T J ^b   Anstey, R ^c   Ackroyd Stolarz, S ^a   Dickinson, G ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Endpoint Research Ltd   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0345415775     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.6.521     Document Type: Article

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