Antibiotics for URTI and UTI: Prescribing in Malaysian primary care settings

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 325-329

  Teng, Cheong Lieng ^a   Tong, Seng Fah ^b   Khoo, Ee Ming ^c   Lee, Verna ^a   Zailinawati, Abu Hassan ^d   Mimi, Omar ^e   Chen, Wei Seng ^f   Nordin, Salleh ^g  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d Klinik Keluarga   (Malaysia)

^e Klinik Kesihatan Kelana Jaya   (Malaysia)

^f Klinik Alam Medic   (Malaysia)

^g Institute for Health Systems Research   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Drug; Evidence based medicine; General practice; Guideline; Prescriptions; Upper respiratory tract infection; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959571812     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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