Antimicrobial prescription patterns for common acute infections in some rural & urban health facilities of India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-171

  Kumari India, K S ^a   Chandy, S J ^b   Jeyaseelan, L ^b   Kumar, Rashmi ^c   Suresh, Saradha ^d  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Department of Child Health   (India)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections; Antimicrobials; Government; Non clinical factors; Prescribing pattern; Private; Public

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; EAR INFECTION; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION; NOSE INFECTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; INDIA; INFECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 55849138353     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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