Revista panamericana de salud pública = Pan American journal of public health
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Rev. Panam. Salud Publica · Jun 2004
[Recommendation of the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics for antibiotic therapy in children and adolescents with community-acquired pneumonia].
To standardize the use of antibiotics to treat community-acquired pneumonia in children and adolescents in Brazil. ⋯ The diagnosis of pneumonia and the need for hospitalization can be based on clinical assessment. The main antibiotics to be used are amoxicillin, penicillin, erythromycin, ampicillin, oxacillin, chloramphenicol, ceftriaxone, and aminoglycosides, depending on the age of the patient and the severity of the disease.