Appropriateness of antibiotic therapy on weekends versus weekdays

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 625-628

  Bishara, Jihad ^a,b   Hershkovitz, Dov ^a,b   Paul, Mical ^a,b   Rotenberg, Zvi ^a,b   Pitlik, Silvio ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescriptions; Prescribing; Weekly variation

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALEXIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; OSELTAMIVIR; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; SKIN INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONSILLITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548136184     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm233     Document Type: Article

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