Bacterial pneumonias during an influenza pandemic: How will we allocate antibiotics?

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-316

  Cinti, Sandro K ^a   Barnosky, Andrew R ^b   Gay, Steven E ^b   Goold, Susan Dorr ^b   Lozon, Marie M ^c   Kim, Kristin ^c   Rodgers, Phillip E ^b   Baum, Nancy M ^d   Cadwallender, Bruce A ^a   Collins, Curtis D ^c   Wright, Carrie M ^a   Winfield, Robert A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; ETHICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PEDIATRICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OUTPATIENTS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70350139984     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2009.0019     Document Type: Article

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