Prescribing habits of general practitioners in choosing an empirical antibiotic regimen for lower respiratory tract infections in adults in Sicily

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-52

  Mazzaglia, G ^a   Arcoraci, V ^a   Greco, S ^a   Cucinotta, G ^b   Cazzola, M ^b   Caputi, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bronchitis; General practitioners; Guidelines; Intramuscle

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ITALY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0032979386     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1998.0484     Document Type: Article

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