Antibiotics for acute bronchitis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Smith, Susan M ^a   Fahey, Tom ^a   Smucny, John ^b   Becker, Lorne A ^c  

^a Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical School   (Ireland)

^b PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBROXOL; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFUROXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEMECLOCYCLINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MYRTOL; PLACEBO; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BRONCHITIS; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VAGINITIS; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; COUGH; META ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; COUGH; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85008977697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000245.pub4     Document Type: Review

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