Vancomycin may not be necessary

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7771, 2010, Pages 473-

  Henderson, Katherine L ^a   Muller Pebody, Berit ^a   Ladhani, Shamez ^a   Sharland, Mike ^a   Johnson, Alan P ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; DRUG CHOICE; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; NOTE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 77956993176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c4704     Document Type: Letter

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