Trends in broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing for children with acute otitis media in the United States, 1998-2004

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Coco, Andrew S ^a   Horst, Michael A ^a   Gambler, Angela S ^a  

^a LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; ACUTE DISEASE; DRUG UTILIZATION; INFANT; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MACROLIDES; OTITIS MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651174531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-9-41     Document Type: Article

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