Antibiotic prescribing in public and private practice: A cross-sectional study in primary care clinics in Malaysia

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ab Rahman, Norazida ^a   Teng, Cheong Lieng ^b   Sivasampu, Sheamini ^a  

^a National Clinical Research Centre   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents; Antibiotic stewardship; Drug prescriptions; Primary healthcare; Private practice; Public health practice

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BACAMPICILLIN; CARBAPENEM; CEFACLOR; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN V; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ROXITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CARBUNCLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYSTITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FURUNCULOSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INFECTION; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORINS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MACROLIDES; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PENICILLINS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUINOLONES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84969287118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1530-2     Document Type: Article

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