Measuring antibiotic use in a long-term care facility

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 174-179

  Mylotte, Joseph M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER INFECTION; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0029948390     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(96)90009-7     Document Type: Article

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