Contemporary use of antibiotics in 1089 adults presenting with acute lower respiratory tract illness in general practice in the U.K.: Implications for developing management guidelines

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 427-434

  Macfarlane, J ^a   Lewis, S A ^a   Macfarlane, R ^b   Hoimes, W ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Sherrington Park Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; COUGHING; DRUG CHOICE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPUTUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 0030836723     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(97)90258-4     Document Type: Article

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