Short course of antibiotic treatment in acute exacerbations of COPD

Thorax

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 390-392

  Wilson, Robert ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM CULTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 43749103802     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2007.092932     Document Type: Editorial

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