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Pneumonia
Research conducted at R.K. Gupta and co-researchers has updated our knowledge about pneumonia
September 17th, 2008
"Pandemic influenza planning is well under way across the globe. Antiviral drugs and vaccines have dominated the therapeutic agenda," investigators in Oxford, the United Kingdom report. "Far less work has been conducted on stockpiling and planning for deployment of antimicrobial drugs against secondary bacterial pneumonia, a cause of substantial illness and death in previous pandemics and epidemics. In the event of a pandemic, effective antimicrobial drug measures are expected to substantially benefit public health. We address issues regarding use of antimicrobial drugs as stocks of individual agents are diminished and the role of resistance surveillance in informing...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-09-17)
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