The worldwide increase in resistance to antimicrobial drugs has made reducing the
unnecessary use of antibiotics a public health priority. There have been campaigns in many …

Introduction: Previous literature has shown that multifaceted, interactive interventions may
be the most effective way to train health and social care professionals. A Train‐the‐Trainer …

Background Antibiotic use and concomitant resistance are increasing. Literature reviews do
not unambiguously indicate which interventions are most effective in improving antibiotic …

Background In 2007, ESAC (http://www. esac. ua. ac. be) published a set of 12 valid drug-
specific quality indicators for outpatient antibiotic use in Europe. In this study, the authors …

Background Although most respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are due to viral infections, they
cause the majority of antibiotic (Abx) prescriptions in primary care. This systematic review …

Explosive outbreaks of infectious diseases occasionally occur without immediately obvious
epidemiological or microbiological explanations. Plague, cholera and Streptococcus …

Antibiotic use has been hypothesized to be associated with the risk of cancer but the
evidence is sparse and inconsistent. The aim of the present study was to determine whether …

OBJECTIVES. Reducing unnecessary antibiotic use, particularly among children, continues
to be a public health priority. Previous intervention studies have been limited by size or …

Background Antimicrobial drugs are frequently prescribed to children for respiratory tract
infections such as otitis, tonsillitis, sinusitis, and pneumonia. We assessed the effect of the …

Methods: Guided by the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care, we
conducted a systematic review. We searched 12 databases until April 2018 and extracted …