A Sustainable Strategy to Prevent Misuse of Antibiotics for Acute Respiratory Infections

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Rattinger, Gail B ^a,b,c   Mullins, C Daniel ^b   Zuckerman, Ilene H ^b,e   Onukwugha, Eberechukwu ^b   Walker, Loreen D ^b   Gundlapalli, Adi ^a,d   Samore, Matthew ^a,d   DeLisle, Sylvain ^a,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^c FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE SINUSITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUSITIS; TREND STUDY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84871240072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051147     Document Type: Article

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