Respiratory fluoroquinolone use and influenza

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 706-709

  Polgreen, Philip M ^a,b   Yang, Ming ^b   Laxminarayan, Ramanan ^c,d,e   Cavanaugh, Joseph E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Center for Disease Dynamics Economics and Policy   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCRIPTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958743008     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660859     Document Type: Article

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