Antibiotic prescription strategies for acute sore throat: A prospective observational cohort study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 213-219

  Little, Paul ^a   Stuart, Beth ^a   Hobbs, F D Richard ^b   Butler, Chris C ^c   Hay, Alastair D ^d   Delaney, Brendan ^e   Campbell, John ^f   Broomfield, Sue ^a   Barratt, Paula ^a   Hood, Kerenza ^c   Everitt, Hazel ^a   Mullee, Mark ^a   Williamson, Ian ^a   Mant, David ^b   Moore, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIPTION STRATEGY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT RISK; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUS; QUINSY; SINUSITIS; SORE THROAT; SUPPURATION; THERAPY DELAY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUSITIS;

EID: 84894290852     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70294-9     Document Type: Article

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