An analysis of therapeutic, adult antibiotic prescriptions issued by dental practitioners in Jordan

Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-22

  Dar Odeh, Najla Saeed ^a   Abu Hammad, Osama Abdalla ^a   Khraisat, Ameen Sameh ^a   El Maaytah, Mohamed Ali ^b   Shehabi, Asem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Dental practitioners; Orofacial infections; Prescriptions

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFACLOR; CEFALEXIN; CEFPROZIL; CEFUROXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DENTIST; HUMAN; INFECTION; JORDAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENTAL AUDIT; DENTAL SERVICE, HOSPITAL; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; JORDAN; METRONIDAZOLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 37349122596     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112313     Document Type: Article

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