Practical considerations when treating children with antimicrobials in the outpatient setting

Drugs

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 779-790

  Werk, Lloyd N ^a   Bauchner, Howard ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DRUG CHOICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VACCINATION;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; OTITIS MEDIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031833963     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00003495-199855060-00005     Document Type: Review

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