Antibiotic treatments for children ages 0-23 months in a northern Italy region: A cohort study

Infection

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-157

  Gagliotti, C ^a   Morsillo, F ^a   Resi, D ^a   Milandri, M ^a   Moro, M L ^a  

^a Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regionale Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFACLOR; CEFIXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFPROZIL; CEFTIBUTEN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; JOSAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; ROKITAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 33745550087     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-006-5106-8     Document Type: Article

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