Antibiotic prescribing in general practice and hospital admissions for peritonsillar abscess, mastoiditis, and rheumatic fever in children: time trend analysis

BMJ. 2005 Aug 6;331(7512):328-9. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38503.706887.AE1. Epub 2005 Jun 20.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Drug Utilization / statistics & numerical data
  • England / epidemiology
  • Family Practice / statistics & numerical data*
  • Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Mastoiditis / drug therapy*
  • Mastoiditis / epidemiology
  • Peritonsillar Abscess / drug therapy*
  • Peritonsillar Abscess / epidemiology
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data
  • Referral and Consultation / statistics & numerical data
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / drug therapy
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / epidemiology
  • Rheumatic Fever / drug therapy*
  • Rheumatic Fever / epidemiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents