Antimicrobial use for pediatric upper respiratory infections: Reported practice, actual practice, and parent beliefs

Pediatrics

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1251-1257

  Watson, Rebecca L ^a   Dowell, Scott F ^a,c   Jayaraman, Madhu ^a   Keyserling, Harry ^b   Kolczak, Margarette ^a   Schwartz, Benjamin ^a  

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

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Antimicrobial use; Bronchitis; Otitis media; Pharyngitis; Sinusitus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032714094     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.104.6.1251     Document Type: Article

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