Diagnosis and ambulatory treatment of patients with community acquired pneumonia: Variability of complementary tests and study of roxithromycin effectiveness;Diagnostico y tratamiento ambulatorio de pacientes con neumonia adquirida en la comunidad: Variabilidad de las pruebas complementarias y estudio de la efectividad de roxitromicina

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 199, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 700-704

  Trilla, A ^a   Asenjo, M A ^a   Giol, M ^a   Melchor, A ^b   Faccio, A ^c   Garijo, H ^d   Casado, L ^e   Muino A ^f   Roca, L ^g   Ananos G ^h   Garcia Del Solar, F ⁱ   Sarriugarte, A ^j   Pena J ^k   Boix, V ^l   Rodriguez M J ^m   Sanchez C ⁿ   Berruete, M ^o   Sesma, J ^p   Cuadrado, L M ^q   Borja, J ^r   Herreras, A ^r   Samaniego, J ^r   more..

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b Hospital Comarcal de Denia   (Spain)

^c Universidad de La Coruña   (Spain)

^d Hospital de San Agustín   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DA COSTA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^g Hospital General de Manresa   (Spain)

^h H San Camil   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL ÁLVAREZ BUYLLA   (Spain)

^j Unidad de Enfermeria Urologica Hospital Santiago Apostol Miranda de Ebro Burgos Espana   (Spain)

^k Hospital Santa Ana   (Spain)

^l Hospital Comarcal de Osuna   (Spain)

^m HOSPITAL SIERRALLANA   (Spain)

ⁿ HOSPITAL DE SAGUNTO   (Spain)

^o Hosp Nuestra Senora del Antiguo   (Spain)

^p Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^q HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^r Labs Hoescht Marion Roussell S A   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ambulatory treatment; Community acquired pneumonia; Empiric antibiotic therapy

Indexed keywords

ROXITHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12944328011     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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