Compliance with recommendations on outpatient antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections: The case of spain

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 337-342

  Malo, Sara ^a   Bjerrum, Lars ^b   Feja, Cristina ^a   Lallana, María Jesús ^c   Moliner, Javier ^a   Rabanaque, María José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Aragon Health Service   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; COMMON COLD; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUSITIS; SPAIN; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924798345     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.12316     Document Type: Article

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