The economic burden of antibiotic treatment of penicillin-allergic patients in internal medicine wards of a general tertiary care hospital

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 501-506

  Sade, K ^a,b   Holtzer, I ^a   Levo, Y ^a   Kivity, S ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allergy; Antibiotic; Beta lactam; Cost; Drug allergy; Penicillin

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ACCURACY; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PENICILLINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037396558     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01638.x     Document Type: Article

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