Antibiotics in primary care in England: Which antibiotics are prescribed and for which conditions?

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 73, Issue , 2018, Pages ii2-ii10

  Dolk, F Christiaan K ^a,b   Pouwels, Koen B ^a,b,c   Smith, David R M ^a   Robotham, Julie V ^a   Smieszek, Timo ^a,c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; NITROFURANTOIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN V; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; STREPTOGRAMIN DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACNE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; COUGHING; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; NAIL INFECTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; READ CODE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN CYST; SORE THROAT; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; WOUND; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85042599248     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkx504     Document Type: Article

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