Ambulatory management of lower respiratory tract infections.

Ambulatory management of lower respiratory tract infections.

Tan J S; File T M Jr; Thomson R B Jr

American Family Physician

1991

1991-11

Clinical manifestations and radiographic findings are unreliable guides to the selection of antimicrobial therapy for lower respiratory infections. Laboratory evaluation is necessary to identify the etiologic agent. Multiple oral antibiotics are available for outpatient treatment of bronchitis or pneumonia suspected to be of bacterial origin.

Humans; Anti-Bacterial Agents/*therapeutic use; Bacterial Infections/drug therapy; Pneumonia/*diagnosis/*drug therapy; Legionnaires' Disease/diagnosis; Pneumonia; Mycoplasma/diagnosis

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