A prospective study on the antimicrobial usage in the medicine department of a tertiary care teaching hospital

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1343-1346

  Ahmad Khan, Farhan ^a   Kumar Singh, Vinod ^a   Sharma, Sanjeev ^a   Singh, Preeti ^a  

^a TEERTHANKER MAHAVEER UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agents; Drug utilisation; Infections; Medicine

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGITIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREND STUDY; TYPHOID FEVER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84879977449     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/6265.3125     Document Type: Article

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