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- Title
Treatment of acute cough/lower respiratory tract infection by antibiotic class and associated outcomes: a 13 European country observational study in primary care.
- Authors
Butler, Christopher C; Hood, Kerenza; Kelly, Mark J; Goossens, Herman; Verheij, Theo; Little, Paul; Melbye, Hasse; Torres, Antoni; Mölstad, Sigvard; Godycki-Cwirko, Maciek; Almirall, Jordi; Blasi, Francesco; Schaberg, Tom; Edwards, Peter; Rautakorpi, Ulla-Maija; Hupkova, Helena; Wood, Joseph; Nuttall, Jacqui; Coenen, Samuel
- Abstract
Acute cough/lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is one of the commonest reasons for consulting and antibiotic prescribing. There are theoretical reasons why treatment with particular antibiotic classes may aid recovery more than others, but empirical, pragmatic evidence is lacking. We investigated whether treatment with a particular antibiotic class (amoxicillin) was more strongly associated with symptom score resolution and time to patients reporting recovery than each of eight other antibiotic classes or no antibiotic treatment for acute cough/LRTI.
- Publication
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2010, Vol 65, Issue 11, p2472
- ISSN
1460-2091
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/jac/dkq336