The effect of amoxicillin in adult patients presenting to primary care with acute cough predicted to have pneumonia or a combined viral-bacterial infection
While most cases of acute cough are self-limiting, antibiotics are prescribed to over 50%. This proportion is inappropriately high given that benefit from treatment with amoxicillin could only be demonstrated in adults with pneumonia (based on chest radiograph) or combined viral–bacterial infection...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
2021
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