Adherence to antibiotic guidelines in the treatment of acute pharyngeal infections.
CONCLUSIONS: A significant (37%) proportion of patients with acute pharyngeal infections were treated non-adherently to antibiotic guidelines, mainly because of (inappropriate) addition of metronidazole to penicillin.
FUNDING: This work was supported by the Lundbeck Foundation (Grant number R185-2014-2482).
TRIAL REGISTRATION: The study was approved by the Danish Data Protection Agency.
PMID: 30722825 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Danish Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: Dan Med J Source Type: research
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