Australia-wide point prevalence survey of the use and appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing for children in hospital

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 201, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 657-662

  Osowicki, Joshua ^a,b   Gwee, Amanda ^a,b   Noronha, Jesuina ^c   Palasanthiran, Pamela ^d,e   McMullan, Brendan ^d,e   Britton, Philip N ^f,g   Isaacs, David ^f,g   Lai, Tony ^f   Nourse, Clare ^h,i   Avent, Minyon ^j,k   Moriarty, Paul ^h   Clark, Julia ^h   Francis, Joshua R ^l,m   Blyth, Christopher C ^l,n   Cooper, Celia M ^o   Bryant, Penelope A ^a,p  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MONASH CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h LADY CILENTO CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^j MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^l PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^m ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^o WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; LINCOSAMIDE; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NYSTATIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84924762689     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.00154     Document Type: Article

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