Treatment of community-acquired pneumonia: A descriptive study in an Apulian department of internal medicine

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Giannelli, Gianluigi ^a,c   Minchella, Laura ^a   Lopalco, Pier Luigi ^b   Mastromarco, Grazia ^a   Antonaci, Salvatore ^a  

^a Sect of Int Med/Clinical Oncology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Empiric therapy; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACIDUREIDOPEN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULPHAMIDIC; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 24944482599     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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