Antibiotic use and misuse in residential aged care facilities

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1145-1149

  Stuart, R L ^a   Wilson, J ^a   Bellaard Smith, E ^a   Brown, R ^a   Wright, L ^a   Vandergraaf, S ^a   Gillespie, E E ^a  

^a Infection Control and Epidemiology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial stewardship; Infection control; Residential aged care

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; MINOCYCLINE; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECUBITUS; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG USE; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INCONTINENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; SPLEEN ABSCESS; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84867457856     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02796.x     Document Type: Article

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