Concurrent acute illness and comorbid conditions poorly predict antibiotic use in upper respiratory tract infections: A cross-sectional analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Zuckerman, Ilene H ^a   Perencevich, Eli N ^b,c   Harris, Anthony D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE SINUSITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; COMORBIDITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OTITIS; PHARYNGITIS; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 34250815611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-47     Document Type: Article

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