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Concurrent acute illness and comorbid conditions poorly predict antibiotic use in upper respiratory tract infections: a cross-sectional analysis

BACKGROUND: Inappropriate antibiotic use promotes resistance. Antibiotics are generally not indicated for upper respiratory infections (URIs). Our objectives were to describe patterns of URI treatment and to identify patient and provider factors associated with antibiotic use for URIs. METHODS: This...

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Autores principales: Zuckerman, Ilene H, Perencevich, Eli N, Harris, Anthony D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1892779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17537245
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-47