Unnecessary antibiotic use for mild acute respiratory infections during 28-day follow-up of 823 children under five in rural Vietnam

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 628-636

  Hoa, Nguyen Quynh ^a,b   Chuc, Nguyen Thi Kim ^c   Phuc, Ho Dang ^d   Larsson, Mattias ^a   Eriksson, Bo ^e   Lundborg, Cecilia Stålsby ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Vietnam Cuba Friendship Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^c HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Viet Nam)

^e NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Children under five; Prospective study; Respiratory infection; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; SULFONAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMON COLD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RURAL AREA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIET NAM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL HEALTH; VIETNAM;

EID: 80054073456     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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