Considering resistance in systematic reviews of antibiotic treatment

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 564-571

  Leibovici, Leonard ^a,b   Soares Weiser, Karla ^a   Paul, Mical ^a,b   Goldberg, Elad ^a,b   Herxheimer, Andrew ^c   Garner, Paul ^d  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial drugs; Meta analysis; Susceptibility to antibiotic drugs

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PLACEBO; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROCOCCUS; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OTITIS MEDIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0141894025     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkg409     Document Type: Review

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