Antibiotic prescription for adults with upper respiratory tract infection and acute bronchitis at King Chulalongkorn memorial hospital, Thailand

Asian Biomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-20

  Issarachaikul, Ratima ^a   Suankratay, Chusana ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acute bronchitis; Acute respiratory tract infection; Antibiotic; Antibiotic prescription; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFDINIR; CEFDITOREN; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; ROXITHROMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCRIPTION; RESIDENT; RHINITIS; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SINUSITIS; TEACHER; THAILAND; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84875553990     PISSN: 19057415     EISSN: 1875855X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5372/1905-7415.0701.146     Document Type: Article

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