Drug utilization of antimicrobial drug in pediatrics population in a tertiary care hospital in erode, Tamilnadu, India

International Journal of PharmTech Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1530-1536

  Shamshy, K ^a   Begum, I Mufida ^a   Perumal, P ^a  

^a JKK Nataraja College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Amas (anti microbial agents); Drug utilization; Paediatrics; Prospective

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN PLUS CLOXACILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULBACTAM; SULPERAZON; TAZOBACTAM;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD; BRONCHITIS; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; HERNIA; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MENINGITIS; MONOTHERAPY; PERTUSSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SPUTUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TYPHOID FEVER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE; URTICARIA; VIRAL FEVER;

EID: 79961131120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09744304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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