Longitudinal surveillance of antibiotic use in the hospital

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 141-152

  Raveh, D ^a   Levy, Y ^a   Schlesinger, Y ^a   Greenberg, A ^a   Rudensky, B ^a,b   Yinnon, A M ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; ROXITHROMYCIN; VACCINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COST; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG USE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEPSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0035077939     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/94.3.141     Document Type: Article

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