The Effect of Amoxicillin in Adult Patients Presenting to Primary Care with Acute Cough Predicted to Have Pneumonia or a Combined Viral-Bacterial Infection

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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Main Authors: Robin Bruyndonckx, Beth Stuart, Paul Little, Niel Hens, Margareta Ieven, Christopher C. Butler, Theo J. M. Verheij, Herman Goossens, Samuel Coenen, The GRACE Project Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
adults
amoxicillin
benefit of treatment
clinical prediction rule
lower respiratory tract infection
pneumonia
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/10/7/817

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