Fluoroquinolones to treat uncomplicated acute cough in primary care: Predictors for unjustified prescribing of antibiotics

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1521-1525

  Altiner, Attila ^a   Wilm, Stefan ^b   Wegscheider, Karl ^c   Sielk, Martin ^d   Brockmann, Silke ^d   Fuchs, Angela ^d   Abholz, Heinz Harald ^d   Schmitten, Jürgen in der ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Prescribing patterns; Quality of care; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEPHALOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COUGH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COUGH; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954192926     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq151     Document Type: Article

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