Comparison of two antibiotic in the empirical treatment of childhood pneumonia

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 969-972

  Cetinkaya, Feyzullah ^a,b   Gogremis, Abdulkadir ^a   Kutluk, Gunsel ^a  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacterial pneumonia; Community acquired pneumonia; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 11144266654     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02828108     Document Type: Article

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