Editorial: Why can't I prescribe that antibiotic? The role of antimicrobial stewardship programmes in modern medicine

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 636-638

  Hayashi, Y ^a,b   Davis, L ^a   Paterson, D L ^a,b  

^a Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROCALCITONIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRUG CHOICE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNET; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; STANDARD;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; PRESCRIPTIONS;

EID: 70350090601     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02025.x     Document Type: Editorial

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