Stool cultures and antimicrobial prescriptions related to infectious diarrhea

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 197, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1709-1712

  Carpenter, L Rand ^a,b,c   Pont, Stephen J ^b   Cooper, William O ^b   Griffin, Marie R ^b   Dudley, Judith A ^b   Arbogast, Patrick ^b   Schaffner, William ^b   Jones, Timothy F ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG CHOICE; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DRUG UTILIZATION; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENNESSEE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 46349097332     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588142     Document Type: Article

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