Knowledge and perceptions of junior and senior Spanish resident doctors about antibiotic use and resistance: Results of a multicenter survey

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 199-204

  Navarro San Francisco, Carolina ^a   Del Toro, M Dolores ^b   Cobo, Javier ^c   De Gea García, José H ^d   Vañó Galván, Sergio ^c   Moreno Ramos, Francisco ^a   Rodríguez Baño, Jesús ^b   Paño Pardo, José Ramón ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ IDIPAZ   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antimicrobial stewardship; Resident doctors; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ONLINE MONITORING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; SPAIN; STAFF TRAINING; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84876037318     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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