Antibiotic treatment for respiratory tract infections in Polish primary care facilities: Is it time to change national guidelines or doctor prescribing behaviour?

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 470-472

  Chlabicz, Slawomir ^a   Pytel Krolczuk, Barbara ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFADROXIL; CEFUROXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; SPIRAMYCIN;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRONCHITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; POLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOSINUSITIS; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLAND; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 43149119478     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00865.x     Document Type: Letter

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