Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Are antibiotics needed?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-103

  Luppi, Fabrizio ^a   Beghé, Bianca ^b   Richeldi, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; MACROLIDE; PLACEBO; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE;

EID: 74949123415     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200911-1668ED     Document Type: Editorial

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