Increase and change in pattern of hospital antimicrobial use, Denmark, 1997-2001

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1122-1126

  Müller Pebody, Berit ^a   Muscat, Mark ^a   Pelle, Benjamin ^a   Klein, Bjarke M ^a   Brandt, Christian T ^a   Monnet, Dominique L ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Drug utilization; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL DERIVATIVE; FUSIDIC ACID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; METHENAMINE; MONOBACTAM DERIVATIVE; NITROFURAN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POLYMYXIN DERIVATIVE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STEROID; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG USE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DENMARK; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 12344262807     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh494     Document Type: Article

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