Relationship between asthma medication and Antibiotic use

Chest

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1485-1492

  Glauber, James H ^a   Fuhlbrigge, Anne L ^b   Finkelstein, Jonathan A ^c   Homer, Charles J ^d   Weiss, Scott T ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d National Intiative for Children's Healthcare Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Asthma; Physician profiling

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFATRIMETHOPRIM; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035165154     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.5.1485     Document Type: Article

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