Impact of unlabeled French antibiotic guidelines on antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections in 7 Pediatric Emergency Departments, 2009-2012.
Journal: The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
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Abstract
From November 2009 to October 2012, implementation of guidelines, unlabeled by the French Agency of Health Products, changed the categories of antibiotics prescribed for acute respiratory tract infections in 7 pediatric emergency departments. During the study, 36,413 acute respiratory tract infections-related antibiotic prescriptions were prescribed. Amoxicillin prescriptions rose from 30.0% to 84.7%, while amoxicillin-clavulanate and cefpodoxime prescriptions decreased to 10.2% and 2.5%, respectively.
Authors
François Angoulvant, Miguel Pereira, Francis Perreaux, Valerie Soussan, Luu-ly Pham, Thanh-van Trieu, Bogdan Cojocaru, Romain Guedj, Robert Cohen, Corinne Alberti, Vincent Gajdos