Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for treatment of acute respiratory tract infections in adults: Background, specific aims, and methods

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 479-486

  Gonzales, R ^a   Bartlett, J G ^a   Besser, R E ^a   Cooper, R J ^a   Hickner, J M ^a   Hoffman, J R ^a   Sande, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035916949     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-134-6-200103200-00013     Document Type: Article

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