Antibiotic prescribing and urinary tract infection

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 407-411

  Canbaz, Sevgi ^a   Peksen, Yildiz ^a   Sunter, Ahmet Tevfik ^a   Leblebicioglu, Hakan ^a   Sunbul, Mustafa ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescription; Epidemiology; Primary care; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC ANALGESIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFAZOLIN; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ROXITHROMYCIN; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; URINARY TRACT ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VITAMIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SIDE EFFECT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URETHRITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036890707     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(02)00252-2     Document Type: Article

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