Antimicrobial use in post-acute care: A retrospective descriptive analysis in seven long-term care facilities in Georgia

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-112

  Richards Jr , Chesley L ^a,b,d   Darradji, Mounir ^a   Weinberg, Andrew ^a,c   Ouslander, Joseph G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LEVOFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZATION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 14844352640     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2004.12.021     Document Type: Article

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