Antibiotic use is a modifiable driver of antibiotic resistance. In many circumstances, antibiotic
use is overly broad or unnecessary. We systematically assessed factors associated with …

Antibiotics represent a frequently employed therapeutic modality for the management of
bacterial infections across diverse domains, including human health, agriculture, livestock …

Objectives To determine patterns of ambulatory antibiotic prescribing in US adults, including
the use of broad-spectrum versus narrow-spectrum agents, to provide a description of the …

Background In 2008, we conducted a systematic review on the effects of nurse prescribing
using studies with a comparative design. In view of the growing number of countries that are …

The global impact of antibiotic resistance is potentially devastating, threatening to set back
progress against certain infectious diseases to the preantibiotic era. Although most antibiotic …

Objectives To describe patient outcomes associated with a community pharmacy–based,
collaborative physician-pharmacist group A Streptococcus (GAS) management program …

BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent public health problem. There is very
limited information regarding nurse practitioners' attitudes, perceptions, and knowledge …

Policy Points: Racial/ethnic differences in the overuse of care (specifically, unneeded care
that does not improve patients' outcomes) have received little scholarly attention. Our …

Diabetic foot infection (DFI) is a serious and common complication of diabetes mellitus.
These infections are potentially disastrous and rapidly progress to deeper spaces and …

Objectives Although antibiotic prescriptions are decreasing in the United States, broad-
spectrum prescribing is increasing. It is unknown if decreases observed in national antibiotic …