Community-acquired pneumonia in adults: guidelines for management. The Infectious Diseases Society of America.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on April 01, 1998

Authors

J G Bartlett1, R F Breiman, L A Mandell, T M File

Author Affiliations

1: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Safety and Efficacy Comparison of TG-873870(Nemonoxacin) to Levofloxacin in Community-Acquired Pneumonia | NCT00434291

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