Antibiotic Prescribing for Children With Colds, Upper Respiratory Tract Infections, and Bronchitis
JAMAPublished 18 March 1998
Ann-Christine Nyquist
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Antibiotic prescribing for children diagnosed as having colds, URIs, and bronchitis, conditions that typically do not benefit from antibiotics, represents a substantial proportion of total antibiotic prescriptions to children in the United States each year.
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Antibiotic prescribing for children diagnosed as having colds, URIs, and bronchitis, conditions that typically do not benefit from antibiotics, represents a substantial proportion of total antibiotic prescriptions to children in the United States each year.
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