Costs of β-lactam allergies: Selection and costs of antibiotics for patients with a reported β-lactam allergy

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 722-726

  MacLaughlin, E J ^a   Saseen, J J ^a   Malone, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COST; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TEST; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0033891346     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.9.8.722     Document Type: Article

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