Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infections During Influenza Seasons.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are the syndrome for which antibiotics are most commonly prescribed; viruses for which antibiotics are ineffective cause most ARIs.

Objectives

To characterize antibiotic prescribing among outpatients with ARI during influenza season and to identify targets for reducing inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for common ARI diagnoses, including among outpatients with laboratory-confirmed influenza.

Design, setting, and participants

Cohort study enrolling outpatients aged 6 months or older with ARI evaluated at outpatient clinics associated with 5 US Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Network sites during the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 influenza seasons. All patients received influenza testing by real-time reverse transcriptase-poly

SUBMITTER: Havers FP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324415 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature