Trends in anti-infective drugs use during pregnancy

Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Santos, Fabiano ^a,b   Sheehy, Odile ^b   Perreault, Sylvie ^a   Ferreira, Ema ^a,b   Bérard, Anick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti infective drugs; Pregnancy; Quebec pregnancy registry; Trends

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUEBEC; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84875293414     PISSN: 17106222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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