Providers' beliefs and behaviors regarding antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic resistance in persons with spinal cord injury or disorder

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-21

  Evans, Charlesnika T ^a,b   Rogers, Thea J ^a   Weaver, Frances M ^a,c   Burns, Stephen P ^d,e  

^a Hines VA Hospital (151H)   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoxicillin clavulanate; Anti bacterial agents; Antibiotic prescribing patterns; Attitude of health personnel; Azithromycin; Drug resistance; Infectious disease; Moxifloxacin; Pneumonia; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFPODOXIME PROXETIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 79953038647     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/107902610X12886261091794     Document Type: Article

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