Treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in an ambulatory setting

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 297-300

  Butt, Saira ^a   Swiatlo, Edwin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Pneumonia; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFPODOXIME; CEFPROZIL; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MACROLIDE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOLLOW UP; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79952902688     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.06.027     Document Type: Note

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