Antibiotic use in a university geriatric hospital and hospital drug formularies;UTILISATION DES ANTIBIOTIQUES DANS UN HOPITAL UNIVERSITAIRE DE GERIATRIE ET FORMULAIRES DES MEDICAMENTS

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 268-271

  Lutters, M ^a,b   Herrmann, F ^a   Dayer, P ^a   Vogt, N ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital de Geriatrie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0032515533     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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