Comparison of oral amoxicillin and intravenous benzyl penicillin for community acquired pneumonia in children (PIVOT trial): A multicentre pragmatic randomised controlled equivalence trial

Thorax

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1102-1106

  Atkinson, Maria ^a,b   Lakhanpaul, Monica ^c   Smyth, Alan ^d   Vyas, Harish ^a   Weston, Vivienne ^a   Sithole, Jabulani ^b   Owen, Victoria ^b   Halliday, Katharine ^a   Sammons, Helen ^e   Crane, Jo ^f   Guntupalli, Narayan ^g   Walton, Lynda ^h   Ninan, Titus ⁱ   Morjaria, Anu ^j   Stephenson, Terence ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Ronnie Mac Keith Centre   (United Kingdom)

^f NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNITED LINCOLNSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h KING S MILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36749102470     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.074906     Document Type: Article

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