2024
DOI: 10.3390/ph17030339
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Shorter and Longer Antibiotic Durations for Respiratory Infections: To Fight Antimicrobial Resistance—A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study in a Secondary Care Setting in the UK

Rasha Abdelsalam Elshenawy,
Nkiruka Umaru,
Zoe Aslanpour

Abstract: As antimicrobial resistance (AMR) escalates globally, examining antibiotic treatment durations for respiratory infections becomes increasingly pertinent, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a UK secondary care setting, this retrospective study was carried out to assess the appropriateness of antibiotic treatment durations—shorter (≤5 days) versus longer (6–7 days and >8 days)—for respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in 640 adults across 2019 and 2020, in accordance with local antimicrobial… Show more

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