Antibiotic prescribing for discoloured sputum in acute cough/lower respiratory tract infection

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-125

  Butler, C C ^a   Kelly, M J ^a   Hood, K ^a   Schaberg, T ^b   Melbye, H ^c   Serra Prat, M ^d   Blasi, F ^e   Little, P ^f   Verheij, T ^g   Molstad S ^h   Godycki Cwirko, M ⁱ   Edwards, P ^j   Almirall, J ^d   Torres, A ^k   Rautakorpi, U M ^l   Nuttall, J ^a   Goossens, H ^m   Coenen, S ^m  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Deaconess Hospital Rotenburg   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d HOSPITAL DE MATARÓ   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^h LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^j Ely Bridge Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^l NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Acute cough; Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotic treatment; Lower respiratory tract infection; Primary care sputum

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM DISCOLORATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COUGH; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPUTUM;

EID: 79960160230     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00133910     Document Type: Article

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