Use of antibiotics for respiratory illnesses in rural India

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1557-1561

  Sharma, Rashmi ^a,c   Chopra, V S ^b   Kour, G ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c DMCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Rural pediatric patients; Viral respiratory illness

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CEFIXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 67650178419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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