The incidence of antimicrobial allergies in hospitalized patients: Implications regarding prescribing patterns and emerging bacterial resistance

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 2819-2822

  Lee, Collin E ^a   Zembower, Teresa R ^a,b   Fotis, Michael A ^a   Postelnick, Michael J ^a   Greenberger, Paul A ^b   Peterson, Lance R ^a,b   Noskin, Gary A ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZITHROMYCIN; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLONE; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034626388     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.18.2819     Document Type: Article

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