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Trends in broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing for children with acute otitis media in the United States, 1998–2004

BACKGROUND: Overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics is associated with antibiotic resistance. Acute otitis media (AOM) is responsible for a large proportion of antibiotics prescribed for US children. Rates of broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing for AOM are unknown. METHODS: Analysis of the National...

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Autores principales: Coco, Andrew S, Horst, Michael A, Gambler, Angela S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2711950/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19552819
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-9-41