Outpatient antibiotic therapy in long-term care facilities

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 995-1008

  Petrak, R M ^a  

^a Metro Infectious Disease Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONG TERM CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032425076     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(05)70033-7     Document Type: Article

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