During the "herald wave" of the pandemic bacterial pneumonia relatively rare with fatal swine influenza (H1N1) pneumonia: If chest films have no focal segmental/lobar infiltrates, antibiotic therapy is unnecessary

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 584-589

  Cunha, Burke A ^a   Syed, U ^a   Strollo, S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEGIONELLA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MEXICO; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; NOTE; PANDEMIC; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SWINE INFLUENZA H1N1 PNEUMONIA; SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; INFLUENZA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 75549090793     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: 19739478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2009.21.5.584     Document Type: Note

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