Antimicrobial prescribing in long-term care facilities: Prospective evaluation of potential antimicrobial use and cost indicators

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-19

  Mylotte, Joseph M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0033067246     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(99)70069-6     Document Type: Article

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