Pivot trial A multicentre randomised controlled equivalence trial comparing oral amoxycillin and intravenous penicillin for community acquired pneumonia in children

M. Atkinson, M. Lakhanpaul, A. Smyth, H. Vyas, V. Weston, J. Sithole, V. Owen, K. Halliday, H. Sammons, L. Walton, J. Crane, N. Guntupalli, A. Qureshi, A. Morjaria, T. Stephenson (Nottingham, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - New perspectives in pneumonia
Session: New perspectives in pneumonia
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 4378
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases, Respiratory infections

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