Antibiotic stewardship in skin infections: a cross-sectional analysis of early-career GP's management of impetigo.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To establish the prevalence and associations of systemic antibiotic prescription for impetigo by early-career general practitioners (GPs) (GP registrars in their first 18 months in general practice).

Design

A cross-sectional analysis of data from the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) study.

Setting

ReCEnT is an ongoing multisite cohort study of Australian registrars' in-consultation clinical practice across five Australian states.

Participants

Registrars participating in ReCEnT from 2010 to 2017.

Outcome measures

Management of impetigo with systemic antibiotics.

Results

1741 registrars (response rate 96%) provided data from 384 731 problems identified in 246 434 consultations. Impetigo, on first presentation or follow-up

SUBMITTER: Heal C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6830714 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature