Antibiotic prescribing patterns for sore throat infections in a university-based primary care clinic

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-28

  Ayranci, Unal ^a   Akgün, Yurdanur ^a   Unluoglu, Ilhami ^a   Kiremitci, Abdurrahman ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LARYNGITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOSINUSITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUSITIS; SORE THROAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROAT CULTURE; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 15544386490     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2005.22     Document Type: Article

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