Short course versus long course intravenous therapy of the same antibiotic for severe community-acquired pneumonia in children aged two months to 59 months

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Zaidi, Amina ^a   Haider, Batool A ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 77950158310     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008032     Document Type: Review

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