Effects of excessive antibiotic use in nursing homes

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1339-1341

  Mody, Lona ^a,b   Crnich, Christopher ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DRUG MISUSE; HUMAN; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS';

EID: 84939832218     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.2774     Document Type: Short Survey

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