Defining the appropriateness and inappropriateness of antibiotic prescribing in primary care
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Modifying antibiotic prescribing in primary care.
Enormous volumes of antibiotics are prescribed in the primary health care setting every day. Although much of this prescribing is appropriate, it is well recognized that inappropriate prescribing, especially for respiratory tract infections, is highly prevalent worldwide [1, 2]. Even well-justified antibiotic prescribing can result in unwanted patient outcomes via " collateral damage " to norma...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0305-7453,1460-2091
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkx503