Trends in antibiotic treatment of acute otitis media and treatment failure in children, 2000-2011.

Guidelines to treat acute otitis media (AOM) were published in 2004. Initial declines in prescribing were shown, but it's unknown if they were sustained. We examine trends in antibiotic dispensing patterns to treat AOM among a large population of children. We also document trends in antibiotic...

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Main Authors: Leah J McGrath, Sylvia Becker-Dreps, Virginia Pate, M Alan Brookhart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3852237?pdf=render