Prescription of antibiotics for the treatment of community acquired pneumonia in a district general hospital in the UK

D. Owen, T. Shiner, C. Hilton, R. Sivakumar, R. Dent (Hertfordshire, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2006 - Community-acquired pneumonia: risk factors and treatment
Session: Community-acquired pneumonia: risk factors and treatment
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 2090
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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