Antibiotics for respiratory tract infections: A comparison of prescribing in an outpatient setting

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 153-159

  Barlam, Tamar F ^a   Morgan, Jake R ^b   Wetzler, Lee M ^a   Christiansen, Cindy L ^b   Drainoni, Mari Lynn ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AMBULATORY CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPLICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENERAL PRACTICE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LUNG DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84922691572     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2014.21     Document Type: Article

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