Antibiotic stewardship

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 499-503

  Hand, Kieran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MISUSE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

EID: 84888629261     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-499     Document Type: Review

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