Antibiotic prescribing for nonbacterial acute upper respiratory infections in elderly persons

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 765-774

  Silverman, Michael ^a   Povitz, Marcus ^b   Sontrop, Jessica M ^b   Li, Lihua ^b   Richard, Lucie ^b   Cejic, Sonny ^c   Shariff, Salimah Z ^b  

^a ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c Byron Family Medical Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE SINUSITIS; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON COLD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LARYNGITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONTARIO; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; AGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SINUSITIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; COMMON COLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGITIS; MALE; ONTARIO; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUSITIS;

EID: 85020708595     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M16-1131     Document Type: Article

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