Adverse reactions to antibiotics in hospitalized Iranian children

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-164

  Khotaei, Ghamar Taj ^a   Fattahi, Fatemeh ^b   Poutplak, Zahra ^b   Moinfar, Zeinab ^b   Aghaee, Farzaneh Mirza ^b   Gholami, Kheirollah ^c   Moin, Mostafa ^b  

^a Children's Medical Center   (United States)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Anti bacterial agents; Child, hospitalized; Incidence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; IMIPENEM; ISONIAZID; ITRACONAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGITATION; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; INFANT; INJECTION SITE RASH; INJECTION SITE REACTION; INSOMNIA; IRAN; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTOSIS; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NECROSIS; NEUTROPENIA; PAIN; PNEUMONIA; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; WARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 48649096612     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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