Management of community-acquired pneumonia in infants and children older than 3 months

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 884-885

  Esposito, Susanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMOXICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; INFLUENZA VACCINE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIMANTADINE; SIALIDASE INHIBITOR;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LETTER; LUNG ASPIRATION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84857526018     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir944     Document Type: Letter

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