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New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1432-1437

  Cornia, Paul B ^a,b   Lipsky, Benjamin A ^a,b   Saint, Sanjay ^c,d   Gonzales, Ralph ^e  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ERYTHROMYCIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LISINOPRIL; METFORMIN; RANITIDINE; SALBUTAMOL; SIMVASTATIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; HYPERTENSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERTUSSIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; COUGH; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LUNG; MALE; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 34948879724     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcps062357     Document Type: Article

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