Principles of multilevel analysis and its relevance to studies of antimicrobial resistance

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2316-2322

  Vellinga, Akke ^a   Bennett, Kathleen ^b   Murphy, Andrew W ^a   Cormican, Martin ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Applications; Clustered data; Hierarchical models; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866622960     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks237     Document Type: Article

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