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Broad Spectrum Prescribing

Broad Spectrum Prescribing is a prescribing strategy in clinical pharmacology that involves the use of antibiotics effective against a wide range of bacterial pathogens, distinguished from narrow-spectrum approaches by its empiric application to cover multiple potential causative organisms prior to specific pathogen identification.

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2.5K

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166

Authors

107

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Antibiotic prescribing for adults in ambulatory care in the USA, 2007–09

Daniel J. Shapiro, Lauri A. Hicks, Andrew T. Pavia et al. · Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy · 2013 · 469 citations · Full text

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Effect of an Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention on Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Prescribing by Primary Care Pediatricians

Jeffrey S. Gerber, Priya A. Prasad, Alexander G. Fiks et al. · JAMA · 2013 · 405 citations

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The Worldwide Antibiotic Resistance and Prescribing in European Children (ARPEC) point prevalence survey: developing hospital-quality indicators of antibiotic prescribing for children

Ann Versporten, Julia Bielicki, Nico Drapier et al. · Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy · 2016 · 318 citations · Full text

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Ambulatory Visit Rates and Antibiotic Prescribing for Children With Pneumonia, 1994–2007

Matthew P. Kronman, Adam L. Hersh, Rui Feng et al. · PEDIATRICS · 2011 · 129 citations

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National Ambulatory Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns for Pediatric Urinary Tract Infection, 1998–2007

Hillary L. Copp, Daniel J. Shapiro, Adam L. Hersh · PEDIATRICS · 2011 · 108 citations

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Authors

166

  1. TE
    Theoklis E. Zaoutis

    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States

    5 publications · 577 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. AL
    Adam L. Hersh

    University of Utah, United States

    4 publications · 719 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. JS
    Jeffrey S. Gerber

    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States

    3 publications · 520 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. DJ
    Daniel J. Shapiro

    University of Utah, United States

    3 publications · 590 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. BG
    Ben Goldacre

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 44 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

107

  1. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, United States

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    4.3K citations

  2. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    928 citations

  3. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    814 citations

  5. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    364 citations

  6. Panagiotis & Aglaia Kyriakou Children's Hospital

    Athens, Greece

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    121 citations

  7. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

    Athens, Greece

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    319 citations

  8. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    83 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

    JAC · 5 publications · 896 citations

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  2. PEDIATRICS

    2 publications · 237 citations

    2

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  3. Antibiotics

    2 publications · 47 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 104 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. PLoS Medicine

    2 publications · 120 citations

    2

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