Clinical efficacy of sulbactam/ampicillin comparison with cefotiam in the treatment of elderly patients with pneumonia

Japanese Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 746-758

  Ishibashi, Tsuneo ^a   Harada, Yasuko ^a   Takamoto, Masahiro ^a   Iwanaga, Tomoaki ^b   Kishikawa, Reiko ^b   Makie, Toshio ^b   Tsurutani, Hideto ^b   Hirota, Nobuo ^c   Furuno, Takashi ^c   Oe, Toshiyuki ^d   Inuyama, Masahito ^d   Chifu, Sadamu ^d   Tanaka, Hironori ^e   Takemura, Hiromu ^e   Nakatomi, Masao ^e   Otsu, Tatsuya ^f   Fukushima, Kazuo ^g   Honda, Izumi ^g   Maeda, Junko ^g   Shirakawa, Taeko ^g   Ohmura, Harutaka ^g   Naoe, Hiroaki ^g   Ebihara, Momoko ^h   Sugiyama, Midori ^h   Shimazu, Kazuyasu ^h   Kisanuki, Kohichi ⁱ   Mitsuno, Toshihide ⁱ   Hiraoka, Takesuke ^j   Tsumori, Yoko ^j   Matsuura, Yuka ^j   Namba, Koji ^j   Fukunaga, Hidetomo ^k   Ueno, Yoshihisa ^k   Matsukizono, Kazuya ^k   Matsuyama, Wataru ^l   Mizoguchi, Akira ^l   Iwami, Fumiyuki ^l   Kyan, Kunio ^m   Nakamoto, Atsushi ^m   Kuba, Mutsuo ^m   Genka, Keiichiro ^m   more..

^a Omuta National Hospital   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^d National Higashi Saga Chest Hospital

^e National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Hospital   (Japan)

^f Nishibeppu National Hospital   (Japan)

^g Department of Internal Medicine

^h National Kumamoto Minami Hospital   (Japan)

ⁱ Department of Internal Medicine

^j National Miyazaki Hospital   (Japan)

^k Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^l Minami Kyushu Hospital   (Japan)

^m National Hospital Organization Okinawa National Hospital   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTIAM; SULBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER TOXICITY; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; AMPICILLIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CEFOTIAM; CEPHALOSPORINS; DRUG EVALUATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SULBACTAM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6544271526     PISSN: 03682781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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