Use of antibiotics in a Norwegian nursing home; a one-year survey;Bruk av systemiske antibiotika ved et norsk sykehjem

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 122, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 2376-2378

  Tobiassen, Tore ^a   Berild, Dag ^a   Hjortdahl, Per ^a  

^a Torshov Helsenter   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN V; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037057770     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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