Amoxicillin for clinically unsuspected pneumonia in primary care: Subgroup analysis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 327-330

  Teepe, Jolien ^a   Little, Paul ^b   Elshof, Nori ^a   Broekhuizen, Berna D L ^a   Moore, Michael ^b   Stuart, Beth ^b   Butler, Chris C ^c,d   Hood, Kerenza ^e   Ieven, Margareta ^f   Coenen, Samuel ^f   Goossens, Herman ^f   Verheij, Theo J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PLACEBO; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; COMPLICATION; COUGH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84954243547     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00611-2015     Document Type: Letter

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