Different recommendations for empiric first-choice antibiotic treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections in Europe

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 235-240

  Haslund, Josephine McQuiston ^a   Rosborg Dinesen, Marianne ^a   Sternhagen Nielsen, Anni Brit ^a   Llor, Carl ^b   Bjerrum, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Antimicrobial resistance; Denmark; General practice; Primary health care; Recommendations; Uncomplicated urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EUROPE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84890109830     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2013.844410     Document Type: Article

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