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References - Infectious Disease Section
American Hospital Formulary Service. Drug Information. Bethesda, MD: ASHP, 1997.
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Bartlett JG et al. Community-acquired pneumonia in adults: guidelines for management. Guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 1998;26:811-38.
Bartlett JG: Empirical therapy of community-acquired pneumonia: macrolides are not ideal choices. Semin Respir Infect 1997 Dec; 12(4): 329-33
Bartlett JG.1998 Pocket Book of Infectious Disease Therapy., Ninth Edition. Baltimore,MD: Williams&Wikins,1998.
Bernstein JM: Treatment of community-acquired pneumonia--IDSA guidelines. Infectious Diseases Society of America. Chest 1999 Mar; 115(3 Suppl): 9S-13S
Drug Information Handbook, 5th Ed. 1997, Lexi-Comp inc.
Ewig S et al. Pneumonia acquired in the community through drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1999;159:1835-42.
File TM Jr. Community-acquired pneumonia: recent guidelines for therapy. J Respir Dis. 1999;20:534-41.
Gilbert DN, Moellering RC, Sande MA. The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy 2000. 30th ed. Hyde Park,VT: Antimicrobial Therapy, Inc.; 2000.
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Gonzales R, Sande M: What will it take to stop physicians from prescribing antibiotics in acute bronchitis? Lancet 1995 Mar 18; 345(8951): 665-6
Hooton TM, Stamm WE. Diagnosis and treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infection. Infect Dis Clin North Am 1997;11:551-581.
Lipsky BA, Berendt AR.Principles and practice of antibiotic therapy of diabetic foot infections. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2000 Sep-Oct;16 Suppl 1:S42-6.
Mufson MA.Pneumococcal Pneumonia.
Curr Infect Dis Rep. 1999 Apr;1(1):57-64.
Reese RE, Betts RF: A Practical Approach to Infectious Diseases. 4th ed. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company; 1996: 251
Stefani SD, Cadore LP, Villaroel RU, Azevedo S, Machado AL. Antibiotic Selection in the Treatment of Febrile Neutropenia: Current Approach and New Directions.
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Stamm WE, Hooton TM. Management of urinary tract infections in adults. N Engl J Med 1993;329:1328-1334.
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