During the "herald wave" of the pandemic bacterial pneumonia relatively rare with fatal swine influenza (H1N1) pneumonia: if chest films have no focal segmental/lobar infiltrates, antibiotic therapy is unnecessary.
Cunha
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B
Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York 11501, USA.
Syed
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U
Strollo
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S
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D017723:Drug Utilization Review; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D011859:Radiography
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000998:Antiviral Agents