Antibiotic use in acute upper respiratory tract infections

American Family Physician

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 817-822

  Zoorob, Roger ^a   Sidani, Mohamad A ^a   Fremont, Richard D ^a   Kihlberg, Courtney ^a  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OSELTAMIVIR; PEDIAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SULTAMICILLIN; ZANAMIVIR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ACUTE RHINOSINUSITIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; COMMON COLD; DRUG USE; EPIGLOTTITIS; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LARYNGITIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PERTUSSIS; PHARYNGITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; TONSILLITIS; TRACHEITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; DRUG UTILIZATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84873552799     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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