A total of 59,535 patients with respiratory tract infections were registered in the Happy Audit
project, an audit-based, before-and-after study conducted in primary care centres of six …

Inappropriate antibiotic use in primary care, such as in respiratory tract infections (RTI s), is
an important cause of bacterial resistance. This study aimed at describing the current pattern …

Background Requests by patients for antibiotics are known to strongly affect doctors'
decisions to prescribe them. Objective. The aim of this study was to establish how frequently …

Objective The prevalence of antibiotic resistance in a country reflects the local consumption
of antibiotics. The majority of antibiotics are prescribed in general practice and most …

Objectives To assess long-term trends in the volume of ambulatory antibiotic prescriptions
and prescription and consultation rates for respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in France in …

Purpose: The overuse, misuse, and underuse of antimicrobial agents often lead to the
spread of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms. The aim of our study was to describe the …

Inappropriate use of antibiotics is contributing to the increasing rates of antimicrobial
resistance. Several Danish guidelines on antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract …

Objectives To describe and compare antibiotic prescribing patterns for primary care patients
with respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in four South American countries. Methods This was a …

Aim Acute upper respiratory tract infections are the most common indication for antibiotic
prescribing in primary care. The frequency of antibiotics prescribed to patients with upper …

Overuse of antibiotics has contributed to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
globally. In Egypt, patients can purchase antibiotics without a prescription, and we …