Empiric antimicrobial therapy and infectious diarrhea. Do we need local guidelines?

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Maragkoudakis, S ^a   Poulidaki, S R ^a   Papadomanolaki, E ^a   Alevraki, G ^a   Papadogianni, M ^a   Oikonomou, N ^a   Fanourgiakis, P ^a  

^a General Hospital of Chania   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial treatment; Campylobacter; Infectious diarrhea; Local guidelines

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GREECE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOURISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DIARRHEA; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROENTERITIS; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052967451     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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