Do Resident Physicians Use Antibiotics Appropriately in Treating Upper Respiratory Infections? A Survey of 11 Programs

We surveyed resident physicians of 11 primary care programs regarding the management of upper respiratory infections and antibiotic resistance. Although they viewed excess antibiotic use as the most important factor increasing resistance, they had little knowledge regarding antimicrobial resistance...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 2003-09, Vol.37 (6), p.853-856
Main Authors: Fakih, Mohamad G., Hilu, Raymond. C, Savoy-Moore, Ruth T., Saravolatz, Louis D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibacterial agents
Antibiotic resistance
Antibiotics
Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents
Antimicrobials
Biological and medical sciences
Brief Reports
Bronchitis
Cough
Data Collection
Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data
Drug Resistance
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Drug Utilization
Female
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Pharyngitis
Physicians
Practice Patterns, Physicians
Primary health care
Respiratory tract infections
Respiratory Tract Infections - drug therapy
Respiratory Tract Infections - microbiology
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:We surveyed resident physicians of 11 primary care programs regarding the management of upper respiratory infections and antibiotic resistance. Although they viewed excess antibiotic use as the most important factor increasing resistance, they had little knowledge regarding antimicrobial resistance and were willing to prescribe antibiotics for common viral illnesses.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/377503