Principles of judicious use of antimicrobial agents for pediatric upper respiratory tract infections

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 1 II SUPPL., 1998, Pages 163-165

  Dowell, Scott F ^a,e   Marcy, S Michael ^b   Phillips, William R ^c   Gerber, Michael A ^d   Schwartz, Benjamin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c North west Family Medicine   (United States)

^d Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Antimicrobial use; Otitis media; Pediatrics; Sinusitis; Upper respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0031963393     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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