The Effect of Amoxicillin in Adult Patients Presenting to Primary Care with Acute Cough Predicted to Have Pneumonia or a Combined Viral-Bacterial Infection

• Main Authors: Robin Bruyndonckx (Author), Beth Stuart (Author), Paul Little (Author), Niel Hens (Author), Margareta Ieven (Author), Christopher C. Butler (Author), Theo J. M. Verheij (Author), Herman Goossens (Author), Samuel Coenen (Author), The GRACE Project Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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While most cases of acute cough are self-limiting, antibiotics are prescribed to over 50%. This proportion is inappropriately high given that benefit from treatment with amoxicillin could only be demonstrated in adults with pneumonia (based on chest radiograph) or combined viral-bacterial infection...