Changes in Antibiotic Prescribing for Children After a Community-wide Campaign

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19 June 2002

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA

Vol. 287 (23) , 3103-3109
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.287.23.3103

Abstract

Increasing resistance to antibiotics is compromising treatment of Streptococcus pneumoniae and other serious bacterial infections.¹^,2 "Antibiotic pressure," the use and misuse of large quantities of antibiotics, is the driving force behind the worldwide resistance phenomenon.³^,4 Concern regarding this problem has motivated a review of antibiotic prescribing patterns and treatment guidelines.⁵^-10

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