Antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections: An overview of Cochrane reviews

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-261

  Arroll, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute Maxillary sinusitis; Antibiotics; Common cold; Otitis Media; Sore throat; Systematic reviews (Cochrane)

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; SULFONAMIDE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ERUPTION; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MASTOIDITIS; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NAUSEA; OTITIS MEDIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHINITIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SORE THROAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

EID: 13944259098     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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