Single versus combination antibiotic therapy in adults hospitalised with community acquired pneumonia

Thorax

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 493-495

  Rodrigo, Chamira ^a   Mckeever, Tricia M ^b   Woodhead, Mark ^c   Lim, Wei Shen ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84876204283     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202296     Document Type: Article

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