Bacterial prevalence and antimicrobial prescribing trends for acute respiratory tract infections

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2014, Pages e956-e965

  Kronman, Matthew P ^a,b,c   Zhou, Chuan ^b,c   Mangione Smith, Rita ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Public Health Sciences Division   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infectious diseases epidemiology; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHARYNGITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TREND STUDY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TRENDS;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84920615603     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-0605     Document Type: Article

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