Outcomes in children treated for persistent bacterial bronchitis

Thorax

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-84

  Donnelly, Deirdre ^a   Critchlow, Anita ^a   Everard, Mark L ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSISTENT BACTERIAL BRONCHITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLAVULANIC ACID; COHORT STUDIES; COUGH; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846249944     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.058933     Document Type: Article

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