Comparative effectiveness of beta-lactam versus macrolide monotherapy in children with pneumonia diagnosed in the outpatient setting

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 839-842

  Ambroggio, Lilliam ^a,d   Test, Matthew ^a   Metlay, Joshua P ^b   Graf, Thomas R ^c   Ann Blosky, Mary ^c   Macaluso, Maurizio ^a,d   Shah, Samir S ^a,d  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

child; pediatric; pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; MEPREDNISONE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; BETA LACTAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMATIC STATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT; ECONOMICS; INFANT; PENNSYLVANIA; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-LACTAMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MACROLIDES; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PENNSYLVANIA; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84937397384     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000740     Document Type: Article

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