Trends in antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infection in veterans with spinal cord injury and disorder

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1045-1049

  Evans, Charlesnika T ^a   Smith, Bridget ^a   Parada, Jorge P ^a,b   Kurichi, Jibby E ^a,d   Weaver, Frances M ^a,c  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchitis; Disabilities; Pneumonia; Prescription rates; Upper respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 21244463519     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki137     Document Type: Article

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