Mathematical model - Tell us the future!

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-258

  Huovinen, Pentti ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic consumption; Mathematical models; Resistance; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLINASE; SULFONAMIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 23844520961     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki230     Document Type: Article

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