A randomized controlled trial of Filgrastim as an adjunct to antibiotics for treatment of hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1075-1080

  Nelson, Steve ^a   Belknap, Steven M ^b   Carlson, Richard W ^b   Dale, David ^b   DeBoisblanc, Ben ^b   Farkas, Stephen ^b   Fotheringham, Nick ^b   Ho, Hoi ^b   Marrie, Thomas ^b   Movahhed, Hassan ^b   Root, Richard ^b   Wilson, John ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; ERYTHROMYCIN; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUTROPHILIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17344363557     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515694     Document Type: Article

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