Parents' self-directed practices towards the use of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

• Main Authors: Hani Saleh Faidah (Author), Abdul Haseeb (Author), Majd Yousuf Lamfon (Author), Malak Mohammad Almatrafi (Author), Imtinan Abdullah Almasoudi (Author), Ejaz Cheema (Author), Waleed Hassan Almalki (Author), Mahmoud E Elrggal (Author), Mahmoud M.A. Mohamed (Author), Fahad Saleem (Author), Manal Mansour Al-Gethamy (Author), Beenish Pervaiz (Author), Tahir Mehmood Khan (Author), Mohamed Azmi Hassali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Excessive and inappropriate antimicrobial use in the community is one risk factor that can result in the spread of antimicrobial resistance. Upper respiratory tract infections are most frequently reported among children and mainly of viral origin and do not require antibiotics. W...