Use of the bacteriology laboratory to decrease general practitioners' antibiotic prescribing

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-15

  Gould, Ian Malcolm ^a   Mackenzie, Fiona Marjorie ^a   Shepherd, Lorraine ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescribing; Bacteriology investigation; General practice

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FUSIDATE SODIUM; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; NYSTATIN; PENICILLIN V; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LABORATORY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGY; COMMISSION ON PROFESSIONAL AND HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 34247874837     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13814780601050764     Document Type: Article

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