General practices that reduce antibiotic prescribing for self-limiting respiratory tract infections by 10% can expect to see one extra patient with pneumonia each year and one peritonsillar abscess each decade.
Unnecessary antibiotic use in the community is a major driver for the development of resistant bacterial carriage. Despite the self-limiting nature of most acute respiratory tract infections (RTIs), a substantial proportion of consultations in the community result in an antibiotic prescription. Clin...
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BMJ Publishing Group
2017
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