Ampicillin + sulbactam vs. clindamycin ± cephalosporin for the treatment of aspiration pneumonia and primary lung abscess

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-170

  Allewelt, M ^a   Schuler P ^a   Bolcskei P L ^b   Mauch, H ^c   Lode, H ^a   Dalhoff, Klaus ^d   Loos, Ulrich ^d   Vogel, Friedrich ^d   Wendel, Horst ^d   von Eiff, Christoff ^d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Municipal Hospital Nürnberg Nord   (Germany)

^c Institute for Medical Microbiology   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Anaerobic infection; Antimicrobial treatment; Aspiration pneumonia; Bronchoscopy; Lung abscess; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTIAM; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10744225504     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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