Outpatient antibiotic use and the incidence of acute appendicitis in Finland: A nationwide study from 1990-2008

Surgical Infections

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 352-356

  Ilves, Imre ^a   Miettinen, Pekka ^a   Huovinen, Pentti ^b   Herzig, Karl H ^c   Alajääski, Jennyl ^e   Salminen, Paulina ^a,d   Paajanen, Hannu ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOGRAMIN DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDICITIS; DIVERTICULITIS; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE;

EID: 84882990336     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: 15578674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2012.069     Document Type: Article

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