Excessive Antibiotic Use in Men with Prostatitis

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 444-449

  Taylor, Brent C ^a,b   Noorbaloochi, Siamak ^a,b   McNaughton Collins, Mary ^c   Saigal, Christopher S ^d,e   Sohn, Min Woong ^f,g   Pontari, Michel A ^h   Litwin, Mark S ^d,e   Wilt, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Drug utilization; Male; Prostatitis

Indexed keywords

QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 43049120044     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.01.043     Document Type: Article

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