Antibiotic prescribing in outpatients: Hospital and seasonal variations in Ujjain, India

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 6-7, 2011, Pages 479-488

  Pathak, Ashish ^a,b   Mahadik, Kalpana ^b   Dhaneria, S P ^b   Sharma, Ashish ^b   Eriksson, Bo ^c   Lundborg, Cecilia Stålsby ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b RD Gardi Medical College   (India)

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

antibiotic prescribing; diagnosis; India; Outpatient; pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; EAR DISEASE; EAR INFECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAINY SEASON; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SUMMER; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA DISCHARGE; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959201368     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.554854     Document Type: Article

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