Abstract

Many patients expect to receive antibiotics for acute respiratory tract infections, and many clinicians prescribe them. In this trial, investigators in the U.K. assessed the effects of no or delayed antibiotic prescriptions on symptom control and antibiotic use in 900 primary care patients (age, ≥3 years) with acute respiratory tract infections. About one third of patients were prescribed antibiotics immediately, and the rest …

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