Risk perception and inappropriate antimicrobial use: Yes, tt can hurt

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1350-1353

  Powers, John H ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DIETHYLENE GLYCOL; PENICILLIN G; SULFANILAMIDE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHITIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTIST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG USE; ELIXIR; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEARNING; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NAUSEA; NOTE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; SUPERINFECTION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS;

EID: 65549092631     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598184     Document Type: Note

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