The higher the number of daily doses of antibiotic treatment in lower respiratory tract infection the worse the compliance

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 396-399

  Llor, Carl ^a   Sierra, Nuria ^a   Hernández, Silvia ^b   Moragas, Ana ^a   Hernández, Marta ^b   Bayona, Carolina ^c   Miravitlles, Marc ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^c Primary Care Centre Valls Urbà   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amoxicillin clavulanate; Electronic monitoring; RTIs

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFDITOREN; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTRONIC PATIENT MONITORING; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58849142079     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn472     Document Type: Article

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