Irrational antibiotic prescribing: A local issue or global concern?

EXCLI Journal

Volumn 12, Issue , 2013, Pages 384-395

  Hashemi, Shiva ^a   Nasrollah, Azadeh ^a   Rajabi, Mehdi ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescribing; Outpatients; Resistance; Review

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DIIODOHYDROXYQUIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CHILD; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INFANT; IRAN; LARYNGITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCRIPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUSITIS; SKIN INFECTION; SORE THROAT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84877613869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16112156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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