Prevalence and predictors of antibiotic use in community-based elderly in Ontario, Canada

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 710-713

  Mertz, Dominik ^a,f   Tjam, Erin Y ^b,c,g   Poss, Jeff ^b   Hirdes, John P ^b,d   Arai, Bruce ^e   Johnstone, Jennie ^a   Jantzi, Micaela ^b   Loeb, Mark ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c St Mary's General Hospital   (Canada)

^d HOMEWOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; FUSIDIC ACID; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFADIAZINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79958695293     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660101     Document Type: Article

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