Fluoroquinolones to treat uncomplicated acute cough in primary care: predictors for unjustified prescribing of antibiotics.

  • Attila Altiner
  • Stefan Wilm
  • Karl Wegscheider
  • Martin Sielk
  • Silke Brockmann
  • Angela Fuchs
  • Heinz-Harald Abholz
  • In der Schmitten Jürgen

Abstract

Despite efforts to ensure more accurate prescribing of antibiotics for respiratory tract infections, inappropriate selection of antibiotic treatment remains a big issue. We tried to ascertain which factors best predict the nature of fluoroquinolone prescribing for acute cough in primary care.

Bibliografische Daten

OriginalspracheDeutsch
Aufsatznummer7
ISSN0305-7453
StatusVeröffentlicht - 2010
pubmed 20494927