Antibiotic prescribing patterns as empirical therapy among hospitalized patients in a Bolivian paediatric teaching hospital

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1533-1535

  Salas, Ariel A ^a   Aranda, Eduardo ^a,b  

^a Children's Hospital Dr Ovidio Aliaga U   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548680282     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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