Guidelines for the use of antibiotics in acute upper respiratory tract infections

American Family Physician

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Wong, David M ^a   Blumberg, Dean A ^b   Lowe, Lisa G ^c  

^a ARROWHEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; BENZOCAINE; BICILLIN LA; CEFDINIR; CEFPODOXIME; CEFPODOXIME PROXETIL; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CODEINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; IBUPROFEN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OSELTAMIVIR; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN V; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIMANTADINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; ZANAMIVIR;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SINUSITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33748799413     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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