Judicious antibiotic use for purulent rhinorrhea: Do pediatric infectious disease specialists practice what they preach?

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 443-446

  Ibia, Ekopimo O ^a,c   Schwartz, Richard H ^a   Freij, Bishara J ^a   Sheridan, Michael J ^b  

^a INOVA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINORRHEA;

EID: 0037502283     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280304200510     Document Type: Article

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