Reduction in Antibiotic Prescribing Attainable With a Gonococcal Vaccine

We estimated the fraction of antibiotic prescribing in the United States attributable to gonorrhea. Gonorrhea contributes to an outsized proportion of antibiotic prescriptions in young adults, males, and in the southern and western United States. A gonococcal vaccine could substantially reduce antib...

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Autores principales: Kissler, Stephen M, Mitchell, Moriah, Grad, Yonatan H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8522794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33786582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab276
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Sumario:We estimated the fraction of antibiotic prescribing in the United States attributable to gonorrhea. Gonorrhea contributes to an outsized proportion of antibiotic prescriptions in young adults, males, and in the southern and western United States. A gonococcal vaccine could substantially reduce antibiotic prescribing in these populations.

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