Antibiotics for URTI and UTI Prescribing in Malaysian primary care settings

• Main Authors: Teng, C.L., Tong, S.F., Khoo, E.M., Lee, V., Zailinawati, A.H., Mimi, O., Chen, W.S., Nordin, S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/10108/1/Antibiotics_for_URTI_and_UTI.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/10108/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21597554

Background Overprescription of antibiotics is a continuing problem in primary care. This study aims to assess the antibiotic prescribing rates and antibiotic choices for upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) and urinary tract infections (UT)) in Malaysian primary care. Method Antibiotic prescrib...