Whither infectious diseases consultations? Analysis of 14,005 consultations from a 5-year period

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1661-1667

  Yinnon, A M ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA BASE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COST; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0035889508     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323760     Document Type: Article

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