Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing and Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States, 1996-2003
Author(s) -
Lauri A. Hicks,
YuWen Chien,
Thomas H. Taylor,
Michelle Haber,
Keith P. Klugman
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir443
Subject(s) - medicine , azithromycin , streptococcus pneumoniae , penicillin , medical prescription , antibiotics , cephalosporin , antibiotic resistance , trimethoprim , sulfamethoxazole , pediatrics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , pharmacology
Streptococcus pneumoniae infections have become increasingly complicated and costly to treat with the spread of antibiotic resistance. We evaluated the relationship between antibiotic prescribing and nonsusceptibility among invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) isolates.
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