Community acquired pneumonia: Aetiology and usefulness of severity criteria on admission

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1010-1016

  Neill, A M ^a   Martin, I R ^a   Weir, R ^b   Anderson, R ^a   Chereshsky, A ^c   Epton, M J ^a   Jackson, R ^d   Schousboe, M ^b   Frampton, C ^a   Hutton, S ^e   Chambers, S T ^a   Town, G I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^c ESR: Hlth

^d Canterbury Health ^*  (New Zealand)

^e MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Community acquired pneumonia; Mortality; Severity assessment

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLAVULANIC ACID; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10244265940     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.10.1010     Document Type: Article

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