Prospective study on antibiotics misuse among infants with upper respiratory infections

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 667-672

  El Sayed, Manal F ^a   Tamim, Hala ^a   Jamal, Diana ^a   Mumtaz, Ghina ^a   Melki, Imad ^b   Yunis, Khalid ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cohort; Dispensaries; Misuse; Pediatricians; Prospective

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHIOLITIS; COMMON COLD; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 67349133520     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-008-0815-x     Document Type: Article

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