Background Diagnostic testing for respiratory tract infections is a tool to manage the current
COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the rising incidence of antimicrobial resistance. At the same …

Importance Delayed antibiotic prescription helps to reduce antibiotic use with reasonable
symptom control. There are different strategies of delayed prescription, but it is not yet clear …

We conducted a prospective, multicenter, specific pilot study on uncomplicated urinary tract
infections (uUTI). One-hundred non-duplicated uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) from …

Introducción Las infecciones del tracto urinario (ITU) constituyen una de las infecciones más
frecuentes. En el anciano presentan diversas comorbilidades. El objetivo de este trabajo es …

Background: Antibiotic resistance is an individual and public health problem; multidrug-
resistant infections could cause an estimated 10 million deaths worldwide by 2050 …

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 One of several strategies developed to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use in
situations where the indication is not clear is delayed antibiotic prescription (DAP), defined …

Background Antibiotics are frequently prescribed at many of the visits to primary care clinics,
often for conditions for which they provide no benefit, including viral respiratory tract …

Purpose The aim of the study was to analyse and compare the quality of outpatient
antimicrobial prescribing in Denmark and Aragón (in northeastern Spain), with the objective …

Introduction Consumption of antibiotics is high in Spain, primarily in children. Excessive use
of then contributes to the development of antimicrobial resistance. The aim of our study is to …