Potential confounding in evaluating infection-control interventions in hospital settings: Changing antibiotic prescription

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 616-623

  Nijssen, S ^a   Bootsma, M ^b   Bonten, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 33747607290     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506438     Document Type: Review

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