Appropriate use of empirical antibiotics in acute diarrhoea: A cross-sectional survey in southern Thailand

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-122

  Osatakul, Seksit ^a   Puetpaiboon, Areeruk ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTICS; CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG PRESCRIBING; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOM; THAILAND; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG UTILIZATION; DYSENTERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DRUG UTILIZATION; DYSENTERY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; THAILAND; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 34547660624     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532807X192480     Document Type: Article

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